Where does “صوغانجی” come from?

صوغانجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish صوغان, from Proto-Turkic sogan, from Middle High German zeigen, from Old High German zeigōn.

صوغانجی (Ottoman Turkish): eater or seller of onions

Definitions

  1. eater or seller of onions

Ancestry of “صوغانجی”, step by step

صوغانجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish صوغان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishصوغانonion (Allium cepa)
2Proto-Turkicsoganonion
3Middle High Germanzeigen—
4Old High Germanzeigōn—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Old High German zeigōn →Every word from Middle High German zeigen →Every word from Proto-Turkic sogan →