Where does “tenger” come from?

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

tenger (Hungarian): sea

Definitions

  1. sea

Ancestry of “tenger”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tenger

Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Old Turkic teŋEvery word from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ