Where does “tamu” come from?

tamu (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish طامو, from Old Anatolian Turkish طامو, from Proto-Turkic *tamu, from Sogdian 𐽂𐼺𐼴.

tamu (Turkish): hell

Definitions

  1. hell

Ancestry of “tamu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishطاموhell, a place of torment where sinners are believed to go after death
2Old Anatolian Turkishطاموhell, inferno; a place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be
3Proto-Turkic*tamuhell
4Sogdian𐽂𐼺𐼴—
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