Where does “deniz kabuğu” come from?

deniz kabuğu (Turkish) comes from Turkish Deniz, from Ottoman Turkish دكز, from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ, from Old Turkic teŋ, from Middle Chinese 等.

deniz kabuğu (Turkish): seashell, conch

Definitions

  1. seashell, conch

Ancestry of “deniz kabuğu”, step by step

deniz kabuğu 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 kabuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkabukscab; shell
2Proto-Turkickāpukbark; skin; shell
Every word from Middle Chinese 等 →Every word from Old Turkic teŋ →Every word from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ →