Where does “onuncı” come from?

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

onuncı (Crimean Tatar): tenth

Definitions

  1. tenth

Ancestry of “onuncı”, step by step

onuncı 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

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