Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/teŋiŕ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/teŋiŕ

Proto-Turkic

Alternative reconstructions

• *deŋiŕ

Etymology

Cognates with Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“heaven”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*teŋiŕ

1. (figuratively) sea

Descendants

• Oghur
• → Hungarian: tenger

• Oghuz
  • Turkmen: deňiz
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: دَڭِز‎ (deŋiz)
    • Azerbaijani: dəniz
    • Ottoman Turkish: دكز‎ (deŋiz)
      • Turkish: deniz
      • Gagauz: deniz
• Karluk
  • Uzbek: dengiz
  • Uyghur: دېڭىز‎ (dëngiz)
• Kipchak
  • North Kipchak
    • Bashkir: диңгеҙ (diñgeð)
    • Tatar: диңгез (diñgez)
    • → Chuvash: тинӗс (tinĕs) (likely)
  • West Kipchak
    • Crimean Tatar: deñiz
    • Kumyk: денгиз (dengiz)
    • Karachay-Balkar: тенгиз (tengiz)
  • East Kipchak
    • Kyrgyz: деңиз (deñiz)
  • South Kipchak
    • Karakalpak: ten'iz
    • Kazakh: теңіз (teñiz)
    • Nogai: денъиз (deñiz)

Further reading

• https://www.nisanyansozluk.com/?k=deniz