Where does “بشیكجی” come from?

بشیكجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بشیك, from Proto-Turkic *bēšik, from Proto-Turkic bẹĺčig — cradle.

بشیكجی (Ottoman Turkish): maker or seller of cradles

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of cradles

Ancestry of “بشیكجی”, step by step

بشیكجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بشیك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبشیكcradle, a bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots
2Proto-Turkic*bēšik—
3Proto-Turkicbẹĺčigcradle

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic bẹĺčig →Every word from Proto-Turkic *bēšik →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بشیك →