Where does “Tufekci” come from?

Tufekci (English) comes from Turkish tüfekçi, from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

Ancestry of “Tufekci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishtüfekçigunsmith
2Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
3Ottoman Turkishـچی—
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Turkish -cı →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـچی →