Where does “قَزَانْجْ” come from?

قَزَانْجْ (Old Anatolian Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قزانمق, from Proto-Turkic kaŕgan-, from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- — to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out.

Ancestry of “قَزَانْجْ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقزانمقto earn, gain, win
2Proto-Turkickaŕgan-to earn wages by labour, to gain profits by...
3Proto-Turkickaŕ-to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out
Every word from Proto-Turkic kaŕ-Every word from Proto-Turkic kaŕgan-Every word from Ottoman Turkish قزانمق
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