Where does “teŋiz” come from?
teŋiz (Old Turkic) comes from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ, from Old Turkic teŋ, from Middle Chinese 等.
teŋiz (Old Turkic): lake, sea
Ancestry of “teŋiz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | teŋiŕ | sea |
| 2 | Old Turkic | teŋ | equivalent, balanced; equal, equivalent,... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 等 | — |
Words derived from “teŋiz”