Where does “çöpçü” come from?

çöpçü (Azerbaijani) comes from Turkish -çü, from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

çöpçü (Azerbaijani): a folk healer (usually a woman) who is believed to remove small bones or other similar objects stuck in a child’s throat or nose

Definitions

  1. a folk healer (usually a woman) who is believed to remove small bones or other similar objects stuck in a child’s throat or nose

Ancestry of “çöpçü”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-çüSuffix appended to words to create a noun,...
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -čiEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ـجیEvery word from Turkish -çü