Where does “Vörös-tenger” come from?

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

Vörös-tenger (Hungarian): Red Sea

Definitions

  1. Red Sea

Ancestry of “Vörös-tenger”, step by step

Vörös-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 vörös

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvörösred
2Hungarianvéresbloody
3Hungarianvérblood
4Proto-Uralicwërepeak
Every word from Middle Chinese 等 →Every word from Old Turkic teŋ →Every word from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ →