Where does “bininci” come from?

bininci (Turkish) comes from Turkish bin, from Ottoman Turkish بیڭ, from Ottoman Turkish بیك, from Proto-Turkic bïŋ — thousand.

bininci (Turkish): thousandth

Definitions

  1. thousandth

Ancestry of “bininci”, step by step

bininci traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish bin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbinthousand; second-person singular imperative of...
2Ottoman Turkishبیڭthousand
3Ottoman Turkishبیكthousand
4Proto-Turkicbïŋthousand

via Turkish inci

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishincipearl
2Ottoman Turkishاینجوpearl, a shelly and rounded concretion produced by certain mollusks
3Common Turkic*yinčü—
4Middle Chinese珍珠—
Every word from Proto-Turkic bïŋ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بیك →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بیڭ →