Where does “ellinci” come from?

ellinci (Turkish) comes from Turkish elli, from Ottoman Turkish اللی, from Proto-Turkic ellig — fifty.

ellinci (Turkish): fiftieth

Definitions

  1. fiftieth

Ancestry of “ellinci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishellififty
2Ottoman Turkishاللیfifty, the cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one
3Proto-Turkicelligfifty
Every word from Proto-Turkic ellig →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اللی →Every word from Turkish elli →