Where does “روزنامه‌جی” come from?

روزنامه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian روزنامه, from Persian روز, from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬, from Old Persian 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃, from Proto-Iranian ráwčah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ráwčas, from Proto-Indo-European lewḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European lewk- — bright; to shine; to see.

روزنامه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish): calendarist, a person who contrives, makes or sells calendars

Definitions

  1. calendarist, a person who contrives, makes or sells calendars

Ancestry of “روزنامه‌جی”, step by step

روزنامه‌جی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian روزنامه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianروزنامهnewspaper
2Persianروزday; daylight; daytime
3Middle Persian𐭩𐭥𐭬day
4Old Persian𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃day
5Proto-Iranianráwčahlight; day
6Proto-Indo-Iranianráwčasday; light
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewḱ-lynx
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ráwčas →