Where does “doksan dördüncü” come from?

doksan dördüncü (Turkish) comes from Turkish inci, from Ottoman Turkish اینجو, from Common Turkic *yinčü, from Middle Chinese 珍珠.

doksan dördüncü (Turkish): ninety-fourth

Definitions

  1. ninety-fourth

Ancestry of “doksan dördüncü”, step by step

doksan dördüncü traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish inci

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishincipearl
2Ottoman Turkishاینجوpearl, a shelly and rounded concretion produced by certain mollusks
3Common Turkic*yinčü—
4Middle Chinese珍珠—

via Turkish doksan dört

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdoksan dörtninety-four
Every word from Middle Chinese 珍珠 →Every word from Common Turkic *yinčü →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اینجو →