Where does “beşinci” come from?

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

beşinci (Crimean Tatar): fifth

Definitions

  1. fifth

Ancestry of “beşinci”, step by step

beşinci 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 beş

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