Where does “dörtünci” come from?

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

dörtünci (Crimean Tatar): fourth

Definitions

  1. fourth

Ancestry of “dörtünci”, step by step

dörtünci 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 dört

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