Tungus

The story

1. Chinese · derived from東胡 /东胡“Donghu”
2. Proto-Turkic · derived from*toŋuz
3. Old Turkic · derived from[script needed]
4. Russian · borrowed fromтунгус
5. English todayTungus

From Russian тунгус (tungus), * supposedly deriving from donki, a self-designation of certain Siberian groups, or alternatively from a Yakut name for the Evenki. * Or, of East Turkic origin, from tunguz (“wild boar, pig”), from Old Turkic [script needed] (tonguz), from Proto-Turkic *toŋuz. * A controversial theory further connects the word with Chinese 東胡 /东胡 (Dōnghú, “Donghu”, literally “Eastern barbarians”), an ancient people of North China. More at Tungusic.