Where does “اویقوجی” come from?

اویقوجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish اویقو, from Proto-Turkic *ūdïku, from Proto-Turkic ūdï-, from Proto-Turkic ū — sleep.

اویقوجی (Ottoman Turkish): sleepyhead, a great sleeper, a person who enjoys sleeping

Definitions

  1. sleepyhead, a great sleeper, a person who enjoys sleeping

Ancestry of “اویقوجی”, step by step

اویقوجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish اویقو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاویقوsleep, the state of reduced consciousness during which a person or animal rests
2Proto-Turkic*ūdïkusleep
3Proto-Turkicūdï-to sleep
4Proto-Turkicūsleep

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic ū →Every word from Proto-Turkic ūdï- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *ūdïku →