Where does “onbinlerce” come from?

onbinlerce (Turkish) comes from Turkish bin, from Ottoman Turkish بیڭ, from Ottoman Turkish بیك, from Proto-Turkic bïŋ — thousand.

onbinlerce (Turkish): tens of thousands of

Definitions

  1. tens of thousands of

Ancestry of “onbinlerce”, step by step

onbinlerce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish bin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbinthousand; second-person singular imperative of...
2Ottoman Turkishبیڭthousand
3Ottoman Turkishبیكthousand
4Proto-Turkicbïŋthousand

via Turkish ön

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishönfront
2Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
3Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
Every word from Proto-Turkic bïŋ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بیك →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بیڭ →