Where does “ayaqçı” come from?

ayaqçı (Crimean Tatar) comes from Crimean Tatar ayaq, from Proto-Turkic adak — foot; end.

ayaqçı (Crimean Tatar): waiter

Definitions

  1. waiter

Ancestry of “ayaqçı”, step by step

ayaqçı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Crimean Tatar ayaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarayaqfoot, leg
2Proto-Turkicadakfoot; end

via Turkish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish
Every word from Proto-Turkic adak