Etymology Explorer › Khazar

Where does “*ǯinǯü” come from?

*ǯinǯü (Khazar) comes from Common Turkic *yinǯü, from Middle Chinese 珍珠.

Ancestry of “*ǯinǯü”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Common Turkic*yinǯü—
2Middle Chinese珍珠—
Every word from Middle Chinese 珍珠 →