Where does “Karib-tenger” come from?

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

Karib-tenger (Hungarian): Caribbean Sea

Definitions

  1. Caribbean Sea

Ancestry of “Karib-tenger”, step by step

Karib-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 karib

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungariankaribCariban; Carib
Every word from Middle Chinese 等 →Every word from Old Turkic teŋ →Every word from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ →