Where does “Norvég-tenger” come from?

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

Norvég-tenger (Hungarian): Norwegian Sea

Definitions

  1. Norwegian Sea

Ancestry of “Norvég-tenger”, step by step

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

via Hungarian tenger

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

via Hungarian norvég

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungariannorvégNorwegian
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Old Turkic teŋEvery word from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ