Where does “işcil” come from?

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

işcil (Azerbaijani): hard-working, industrious

Definitions

  1. hard-working, industrious

Ancestry of “işcil”, 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 -čiEvery word from Turkish -cılEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ـجیل