Where does “بیكیرجی” come from?

بیكیرجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بیگیر, from Persian بارگیر, from Persian بار, from French bar, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri.

بیكیرجی (Ottoman Turkish): renter of pack horses

Definitions

  1. renter of pack horses

Ancestry of “بیكیرجی”, step by step

بیكیرجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بیگیر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبیگیر
2Persianبارگیر
3Persianبارpresent stem form of باریدن; burden, load,...
4FrenchbarA bar; A bass
5EnglishBarA solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length
6Germanbär
7Middle High Germanbërbear
8Old High GermanberiA berry
9Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
10Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-Every word from Proto-Germanic bazją