Where does “sonuncu” come from?
sonuncu (Turkish) comes from Turkish inci, from Ottoman Turkish اینجو, from Common Turkic *yinčü, from Middle Chinese 珍珠.
sonuncu (Turkish): last, ultimate
Ancestry of “sonuncu”, step by step
sonuncu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish inci
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | inci | pearl |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | اینجو | pearl, a shelly and rounded concretion produced by certain mollusks |
| 3 | Common Turkic | *yinčü | — |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 珍珠 | — |
via Turkish son
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | son | last, final; end, ending; consequence, result,... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | صوڭ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | soŋ | back; end; after; back, end; back, end, after |