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According to Clauson, from *tam-(“to drip”) + -*-ïlč(causative-reciprocative suffix) + *-k(deverbal suffix).
In another entry, he gives two cognates of this would-be deverbal form: Old Uyghur𐽲𐽰𐽺 𐾀𐽳𐽹𐽳𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽲𐽲𐽰 𐽰𐽹(qʾn twmwrmʾqqʾ ʾm/ḳan tomurmaḳḳa em/, “remedy for epistaxis”) and Karakhanidتُمُرْماقْ(tamurmāq, “to bleed (of nose)”), also Karakhanidتَمُرْغانْ(tamurğān, “bleeding continuously (of nose)”), relevant to the assumed semantic shift of make-dripping thing > bleeding (of nose) > nose (and also beak).
EDAL, instead, proposes a different root with quite a semantic coverage, Proto-Turkic *tum- ("hat, cap; snout; beak; nose) which is then compared to Proto-Mongolic*tom-(“chief, first”), Proto-Tungusic*tumŋu-(“top of head”) and Proto-Japonic*tum-(“top, head”). Notwithstanding several etymological mistakes (see Japanese頭(tsuburi), for example, which is claimed as a "cognate"), Altaic Hypothesis is now widely discredited and its comparisons are deemed unreliable.
Compare also Ottoman Turkishطومشمق(domuşmak, “for birds to preen each other”), possibly suggesting a *tum-(“to preen?”) root.
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tum-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill