Where does “tengermély” come from?

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

tengermély (Hungarian): deep sea; as deep as the sea, profound

Definitions

  1. deep sea; as deep as the sea, profound

Ancestry of “tengermély”, step by step

tengermély traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tenger

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

via Hungarian mély

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmélydeep; the deep
2Hungarianmiwe; how …!, what …!; what?
3Uralic*mi—
Every word from Middle Chinese 等 →Every word from Old Turkic teŋ →Every word from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ →