Where does “деңиз” come from?

деңиз (Kyrgyz) comes from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ, from Old Turkic teŋ, from Middle Chinese 等.

деңиз (Kyrgyz): sea

Definitions

  1. sea

Ancestry of “деңиз”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicteŋiŕsea
2Old Turkicteŋequivalent, balanced; equal, equivalent,...
3Middle Chinese等—
Every word from Middle Chinese 等 →Every word from Old Turkic teŋ →Every word from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ →