Where does “sekseninci” come from?

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

sekseninci (Turkish): eightieth

Definitions

  1. eightieth

Ancestry of “sekseninci”, step by step

sekseninci 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 seksen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsekseneighty
2Ottoman Turkishسكسانeighty
3Proto-Turkic*sekiŕ ōneighty
Every word from Middle Chinese 珍珠 →Every word from Common Turkic *yinčü →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اینجو →