Where does “жьмьчюгъ” come from?
жьмьчюгъ (Old East Slavic) comes from Khazar *ǯinǯü, from Common Turkic *yinǯü, from Middle Chinese 珍珠.
Ancestry of “жьмьчюгъ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khazar | *ǯinǯü | — |
| 2 | Common Turkic | *yinǯü | — |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 珍珠 | — |