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.

Kızıldeniz (Turkish): Red Sea (sea between Africa and Arabia)

Definitions

  1. Red Sea (sea between Africa and Arabia)

Ancestry of “Kızıldeniz”, step by step

Kızıldeniz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish Deniz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishDenizsea
2Ottoman Turkishدكزsea
3Proto-Turkicteŋiŕsea
4Old Turkicteŋequivalent, balanced; equal, equivalent,...
5Middle Chinese等—

via Turkish kızıl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkızılbright red, scarlet; communist; gold
2Ottoman Turkishقزلred
3Proto-Turkickïŕïlred
4Proto-Turkickï̄ŕ-to be hot, glow, redden
Every word from Middle Chinese 等 →Every word from Old Turkic teŋ →Every word from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ →