Where does “üçünci” come from?

üçünci (Crimean Tatar) comes from Crimean Tatar inci, from Ottoman Turkish اینجو, from Common Turkic *yinčü, from Middle Chinese 珍珠.

üçünci (Crimean Tatar): third

Definitions

  1. third

Ancestry of “üçünci”, step by step

üçünci traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Crimean Tatar inci

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

via Crimean Tatar üç

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarüçthree
2Proto-Turkicüčthree
Every word from Middle Chinese 珍珠 →Every word from Common Turkic *yinčü →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اینجو →