Where does “yükçü” come from?

yükçü (Crimean Tatar) comes from Turkish -çü, from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

yükçü (Crimean Tatar): loader, docker, porter

Definitions

  1. loader, docker, porter

Ancestry of “yükçü”, 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 -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →Every word from Turkish -çü →