Where does “Kaszpi-tenger” come from?

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

Kaszpi-tenger (Hungarian): Caspian Sea landlocked sea

Definitions

  1. Caspian Sea landlocked sea

Ancestry of “Kaszpi-tenger”, step by step

Kaszpi-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 Kaszpi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianKaszpi—
Every word from Middle Chinese 等 →Every word from Old Turkic teŋ →Every word from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ →