Where does “kırkıncı” come from?

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

kırkıncı (Turkish): fortieth

Definitions

  1. fortieth

Ancestry of “kırkıncı”, step by step

kırkıncı 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 kırk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkırkforty
2Ottoman Turkishقرقforty, the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one
3Old Anatolian Turkishقرقforty
4Proto-Turkickïrkforty
Every word from Middle Chinese 珍珠 →Every word from Common Turkic *yinčü →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اینجو →