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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

(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

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