Where does “yedinci” come from?

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

yedinci (Crimean Tatar): seventh

Definitions

  1. seventh

Ancestry of “yedinci”, step by step

yedinci 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 yedi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tataryediseven
2Proto-Turkicyẹt(t)iseven
Every word from Middle Chinese 珍珠 →Every word from Common Turkic *yinčü →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اینجو →