Where does “Fekete-tenger” come from?

Fekete-tenger (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tenger, from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ, from Old Turkic teŋ, from Middle Chinese 等.

Fekete-tenger (Hungarian): Black Sea

Definitions

  1. Black Sea

Ancestry of “Fekete-tenger”, step by step

Fekete-tenger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tenger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantengersea
2Proto-Turkicteŋiŕsea
3Old Turkicteŋequivalent, balanced; equal, equivalent,...
4Middle Chinese等—

via Hungarian fekete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfeketeblack; tragic, mournful, black; illegal
2Proto-Ugricpᴕ̈kkɜ-ttɜblack
Every word from Middle Chinese 等 →Every word from Old Turkic teŋ →Every word from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ →