Where does “balukchí” come from?
balukchí (Ladino) comes from Ottoman Turkish بالقجی, from Ottoman Turkish بالق, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či.
balukchí (Ladino): fishmonger
Ancestry of “balukchí”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بالقجی | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بالق | fish |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | bālïk | fish |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | -či | — |