Where does “טורמע” come from?
טורמע (Yiddish) comes from Russian тюрьма́, from Old East Slavic тюрма, from Proto-Turkic türmä — prison.
טורמע (Yiddish): prison
Ancestry of “טורמע”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | тюрьма́ | — |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | тюрма | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | türmä | prison |