Where does “on birinci” come from?

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

on birinci (Crimean Tatar): eleventh

Definitions

  1. eleventh

Ancestry of “on birinci”, step by step

on birinci 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 on bir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tataron bireleven
Every word from Middle Chinese 珍珠 →Every word from Common Turkic *yinčü →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اینجو →