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Where does “tütmek” come from?

tütmek (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish توتمك, from Proto-Turkic tüt(e)- — to smoke.

Ancestry of “tütmek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتوتمكto give out smoke
2Proto-Turkictüt(e)-to smoke
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