Where does “tengerészkék” come from?

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

tengerészkék (Hungarian): navy blue

Definitions

  1. navy blue

Ancestry of “tengerészkék”, step by step

tengerészkék traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tengerész

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantengerészsailor
2Hungariantengersea
3Proto-Turkicteŋiŕsea
4Old Turkicteŋequivalent, balanced; equal, equivalent,...
5Middle Chinese等—

via Hungarian KÉK

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianKÉKENE
Every word from Middle Chinese 等 →Every word from Old Turkic teŋ →Every word from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ →