Where does “caïquejee” come from?
caïquejee (French) comes from Turkish kayıkçı, from Ottoman Turkish قایقجی, from Ottoman Turkish قایق, from Proto-Turkic *kiayguk.
Ancestry of “caïquejee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | kayıkçı | boatman, rower; caïquejee |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قایقجی | — |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | قایق | boat |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *kiayguk | — |
Words derived from “caïquejee”