Where does “kafedjí” come from?

kafedjí (Ladino) comes from Ladino -djí, from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

kafedjí (Ladino): coffee shop owner

Definitions

  1. coffee shop owner

Ancestry of “kafedjí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ladino-djía suffix forming the names of professions
2Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
3Ottoman Turkishـچی—
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Turkish -cı →Every word from Ladino -djí →