Where does “اسكیجی” come from?

اسكیجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

اسكیجی (Ottoman Turkish): person who buys and sells all kinds of secondhand goods

Definitions

  1. person who buys and sells all kinds of secondhand goods

Ancestry of “اسكیجی”, step by step

اسكیجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

via Ottoman Turkish اسكی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاسكیold, ancient
2Proto-Turkices-(kü)old, ancient
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →