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