Where does “سركه‌جی” come from?

سركه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

سركه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish): vinegar maker or vendor, a person whose occupation is producing or selling vinegar

Definitions

  1. vinegar maker or vendor, a person whose occupation is producing or selling vinegar

Ancestry of “سركه‌جی”, step by step

سركه‌جی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

via Ottoman Turkish سركه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishسركهvinegar; nit
2Proto-Turkicsirkevinegar; nit
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →