Where does “tengerész” come from?
tengerész (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tenger, from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ, from Old Turkic teŋ, from Middle Chinese 等.
tengerész (Hungarian): sailor
Ancestry of “tengerész”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | tenger | sea |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | teŋiŕ | sea |
| 3 | Old Turkic | teŋ | equivalent, balanced; equal, equivalent,... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 等 | — |
Words derived from “tengerész”