Where does “dəyirmançı” come from?

dəyirmançı (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani dəyirman, from Proto-Turkic tegir-, from Proto-Turkic teg- — to reach.

dəyirmançı (Azerbaijani): miller

Definitions

  1. miller

Ancestry of “dəyirmançı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanidəyirmanmill
2Proto-Turkictegir-to spin, turn; round, circle; to turn, to spin
3Proto-Turkicteg-to reach
Every word from Proto-Turkic teg- →Every word from Proto-Turkic tegir- →Every word from Azerbaijani dəyirman →