Where does “بیچاقجی” come from?

بیچاقجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بیچاق, from Proto-Turkic *bïčgak, from Proto-Turkic *bïč- — to cut.

بیچاقجی (Ottoman Turkish): cutler, knifesmith, a maker or seller of knives

Definitions

  1. cutler, knifesmith, a maker or seller of knives

Ancestry of “بیچاقجی”, step by step

بیچاقجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بیچاق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبیچاقknife
2Proto-Turkic*bïčgak—
3Proto-Turkic*bïč-to cut

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic *bïč- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *bïčgak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بیچاق →