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

Definitions

  1. sailor

Ancestry of “tengerész”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tengerész”

Every word from Middle Chinese 等 →Every word from Old Turkic teŋ →Every word from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ →