Where does “janicsár” come from?
janicsár (Hungarian) comes from Ottoman Turkish yeñiçeri, from Turkish çeri, from Ottoman Turkish چری, from Proto-Turkic *čerig.
janicsár (Hungarian): janissary
Ancestry of “janicsár”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | yeñiçeri | — |
| 2 | Turkish | çeri | soldier |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | چری | army; soldier |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *čerig | — |
Words derived from “janicsár”