Where does “yetmişinci” come from?

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

yetmişinci (Azerbaijani): seventieth

Definitions

  1. seventieth

Ancestry of “yetmişinci”, step by step

yetmişinci 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 yetmiş

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyetmişseventy
2Ottoman Turkishیتمشseventy
3Proto-Turkic*yẹtmiĺseventy
Every word from Middle Chinese 珍珠 →Every word from Common Turkic *yinčü →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اینجو →