Where does “altmışıncı” come from?

altmışıncı (Azerbaijani) comes from Turkish inci, from Ottoman Turkish اینجو, from Common Turkic *yinčü, from Middle Chinese 珍珠.

altmışıncı (Azerbaijani): sixtieth

Definitions

  1. sixtieth

Ancestry of “altmışıncı”, step by step

altmışıncı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish inci

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishincipearl
2Ottoman Turkishاینجوpearl, a shelly and rounded concretion produced by certain mollusks
3Common Turkic*yinčü—
4Middle Chinese珍珠—

via Turkish altmış

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishaltmışsixty
2Ottoman Turkishآلتمشsixty
3Proto-Turkic*altmïĺsixty
Every word from Middle Chinese 珍珠 →Every word from Common Turkic *yinčü →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اینجو →