Where does “deniz kaplumbağası” come from?

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

deniz kaplumbağası (Turkish): A sea turtle

Definitions

  1. A sea turtle

Ancestry of “deniz kaplumbağası”, step by step

deniz kaplumbağası 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 kaplumbağa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkaplumbağaturtle, tortoise
2Turkishbağafrog, turtle
3Proto-Turkic*bākafrog, toad
Every word from Middle Chinese 等 →Every word from Old Turkic teŋ →Every word from Proto-Turkic teŋiŕ →