Where does “sekizinci” come from?

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

sekizinci (Crimean Tatar): eighth

Definitions

  1. eighth

Ancestry of “sekizinci”, step by step

sekizinci 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 sekiz

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