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

Definitions

  1. lake, sea

Ancestry of “teŋiz”, step by step

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

Words derived from “teŋiz”

Every word from Middle Chinese 等 →Every word from Old Turkic teŋ →Every word from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ →
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