Etymograph

English

Genghis

Genghis comes from Italian Genghis, and goes back to Mongolian ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ.

  1. Mongolianmodernᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰčinggis
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentGenghis
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Mongolianmodernᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰčinggis
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentGenghis
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name Genghis Khan.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mongolian ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ / Genghis