Where does “خاشقجي” come from?

خاشقجي (Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish قاشیقجی, from Ottoman Turkish قاشیق, from Old Anatolian Turkish قاشق, from Proto-Turkic kaĺuk — spoon.

Ancestry of “خاشقجي”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقاشیقجیspoonmaker, a manufacturer of spoons
2Ottoman Turkishقاشیقspoon
3Old Anatolian Turkishقاشقspoon
4Proto-Turkickaĺukspoon
Every word from Proto-Turkic kaĺuk →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قاشق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قاشیق →
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