Where does “janicsár” come from?

janicsár (Hungarian) comes from Ottoman Turkish yeñiçeri, from Turkish çeri, from Ottoman Turkish چری, from Proto-Turkic *čerig — army.

janicsár (Hungarian): janissary

Definitions

  1. janissary

Ancestry of “janicsár”, step by step

janicsár traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish yeñiçeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishyeñiçeri—
2Turkishçerisoldier
3Ottoman Turkishچریarmy; soldier
4Proto-Turkic*čerigarmy

via Ottoman Turkish یڭیچری

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیڭیچریnew troops
2Ottoman Turkishیڭیnew; modern, new
3Proto-Turkicyaŋïnew

Words derived from “janicsár”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *čerig →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چری →Every word from Turkish çeri →