Where does “теҥис” come from?
теҥис (Southern Altai) comes from Old Turkic teŋiz, from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ, from Old Turkic teŋ, from Middle Chinese 等.
теҥис (Southern Altai): ocean
Ancestry of “теҥис”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Turkic | teŋiz | lake, sea |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | teŋiŕ | sea |
| 3 | Old Turkic | teŋ | equivalent, balanced; equal, equivalent,... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 等 | — |