Where does “اكمكجی” come from?

اكمكجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish اكمك, from Ottoman Turkish اتمك, from Proto-Turkic etmek — bread.

اكمكجی (Ottoman Turkish): baker, bread maker, breadmonger, person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items

Definitions

  1. baker, bread maker, breadmonger, person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items

Ancestry of “اكمكجی”, step by step

اكمكجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish اكمك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاكمكbread; to sow, to plant by strewing, to sprinkle
2Ottoman Turkishاتمكto do, to make; alternative form of اكمك
3Proto-Turkicetmekbread

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic etmek →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اتمك →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اكمك →