Where does “yüzüncü” come from?

yüzüncü (Turkish) comes from Turkish yüz, from Ottoman Turkish یوز, from Old Anatolian Turkish یوز, from Proto-Turkic yǖz, from Proto-Turkic yǖŕ — hundred; face.

yüzüncü (Turkish): hundredth

Definitions

  1. hundredth

Ancestry of “yüzüncü”, step by step

yüzüncü traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yüz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyüzhundred; face; lining
2Ottoman Turkishیوزhundred; face
3Old Anatolian Turkishیوزhundred, a numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine
4Proto-Turkicyǖzhundred
5Proto-Turkicyǖŕhundred; face

via Turkish inci

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishincipearl
2Ottoman Turkishاینجوpearl, a shelly and rounded concretion produced by certain mollusks
3Common Turkic*yinčü—
4Middle Chinese珍珠—
Every word from Proto-Turkic yǖŕ →Every word from Proto-Turkic yǖz →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish یوز →