Where does “teanc” come from?
teanc (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish دنك, from Old Turkic teŋ, from Middle Chinese 等.
teanc (Romanian): a pile, heap, stack of banknotes, paper, books, magazines, files, etc
Definitions
- a pile, heap, stack of banknotes, paper, books, magazines, files, etc
Ancestry of “teanc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | دنك | bale, pack, a rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation |
| 2 | Old Turkic | teŋ | equivalent, balanced; equal, equivalent,... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 等 | — |
Words derived from “teanc”