Where does “Kızıldeniz” come from?
Kızıldeniz (Turkish) comes from Turkish Deniz, from Ottoman Turkish دكز, from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ, from Old Turkic teŋ, from Middle Chinese 等.
Ancestry of “Kızıldeniz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | Deniz | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | دكز | sea |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | teŋiŕ | sea |
| 4 | Old Turkic | teŋ | equivalent, balanced; equal, equivalent,... |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 等 | — |