*Tam-

to churn butter

Proto-Turkic: *Tam-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Proto-Altaic: *t`i̯ame (?)
Russian meaning: сбивать масло
Turkic: *Tam-
Mongolian: *čimar
Tungus-Manchu: *timre
Comments: A Western isogloss. If Sukhebaatar (212) is right in deriving the Mong. form < Tib. phye-mar `flour and butter', the existence of this Altaic root becomes rather dubious.
Karakhanid: tamɨn- (MK)