Where does “elchi” come from?

elchi (English) comes from Turkish elçi, from Ottoman Turkish ایلچی, from Old Turkic ایلچی, from Proto-Turkic *ēlči.

elchi (English): An envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran

Definitions

  1. An envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran

Ancestry of “elchi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishelçiambassador; delegate; envoy
2Ottoman Turkishایلچیagent, proxy, one who acts in the place of another by that person's authority, someone entrusted to act on behalf of another
3Old Turkicایلچی—
4Proto-Turkic*ēlči—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *ēlči →Every word from Old Turkic ایلچی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ایلچی →