Where does “طالغج” come from?

طالغج (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish طالمق, from Old Anatolian Turkish طالمق — to dive, plunge, to submerge oneself or leap into water or some other liquid.

طالغج (Ottoman Turkish): diver, urinator, plunger, frogman, especially someone who searches for things underwater

Definitions

  1. diver, urinator, plunger, frogman, especially someone who searches for things underwater

Ancestry of “طالغج”, step by step

طالغج traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish طالمق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishطالمقto dive, plunge, to submerge oneself or leap into water or some other liquid
2Old Anatolian Turkishطالمقto dive, plunge, to submerge oneself or leap into water or some other liquid

via Ottoman Turkish ـغج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishـغجSuffix used to create nouns denoting an agent, whether person or abstractum or instrument, of verbs; -er
2Proto-Turkic*-gačForms denominal nouns denoting plants and animals

Words derived from “طالغج”

Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish طالمق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طالمق →