Where does “teni” come from?
teni (Turkish) comes from Turkish ten, from Ottoman Turkish تن, from Persian تن, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз.
teni (Turkish): accusative singular of ten; third-person singular...
Definitions
- accusative singular of ten; third-person singular...
Ancestry of “teni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | ten | skin; body; vulva of a cow |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | تن | — |
| 3 | Persian | تن | body; person; tonne |
| 4 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 5 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 6 | Old French | ton | your |
| 7 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 8 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 9 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 10 | Polish | tu | here |
| 11 | Polish | być | to be |
| 12 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 13 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |