Where does “صوباجی” come from?

صوباجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish صوبا, from Hungarian szóba, from Old High German stuba, from Proto-Germanic *stubu.

صوباجی (Ottoman Turkish): maker or seller of stoves

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of stoves

Ancestry of “صوباجی”, step by step

صوباجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish صوبا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishصوباstove, heater, an apparatus for warming a room
2Hungarianszóbaillative singular of szó
3Old High Germanstubaa heated room; bathroom; step
4Proto-Germanic*stubu—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Germanic *stubu →Every word from Old High German stuba →Every word from Hungarian szóba →