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tupan
A Latin origin seems unlikely for this word. How would you explain the Slavic -ǫ- from Latin -ym-? I would expect -ę- instead. 02:14, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I arrived at *tǫpanъ on the basis of Serbo-Croatian tupan, Macedonian тапан, Bulgarian тъпан (pre-reform spelling: тѫпанъ) and Albanian dial. tupanë (← Serbo-Croatian). W/NW Macedonian [ˈtopan] seems to confirm the *-ǫ-. The connection to tympanum and τύμπανον seems obvious (see 'tupan' at HJP), but you're right; we would expect -ym- → *-im- as with σύμβολον > OCS сѵмволъ. --106.68.233.3 04:08, 3 October 2013 (UTC)