Where does “öncül” come from?

öncül (Azerbaijani) comes from Turkish -cıl, from Ottoman Turkish ـجیل, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

öncül (Azerbaijani): leader (usually of a herd)

Definitions

  1. leader (usually of a herd)

Ancestry of “öncül”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-cılDerives names of animals, mainly but not exclusively birds, which denote their diet or their tendency to prey on a certain type of animal
2Ottoman TurkishـجیلForms names of predators from names of prey
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Turkish -cıl →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجیل →