Dengizich

Dengizich (spelled Δεγγιζίχ/Dengizikh in Priscus' account; spelled Dikkiz on a silver plate; died 468 or 469), ruler of the Akatziroi, was a son of Attila. The other forms of his name are Denzic (Marcellinus Comes, Chronicon, s. a. 469) and Dintzic (Jordanes, Getica 272). The form recorded by Priscus may include the title "wise", for Dikkiz ükü reduced to Dikkizuk. The word Dengizich means "little sea" in old Turkic (*Däŋiziq, where *-iq is the diminutive suffix). This is also said to be the root of the name Genghis. It could be translated as Turkish, "Dokuz ok (Nine tribes)" which is possibly a mis-interpretation of his nation instead of personal name.