Where does “tengeralattjáró” come from?
tengeralattjáró (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tenger, from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ, from Old Turkic teŋ, from Middle Chinese 等.
tengeralattjáró (Hungarian): submarine
Definitions
- submarine
Ancestry of “tengeralattjáró”, step by step
tengeralattjáró traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian tenger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tenger | sea |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | teŋiŕ | sea |
| 3 | Old Turkic | teŋ | equivalent, balanced; equal, equivalent,... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 等 | — |