Where does “طولومجی” come from?

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

طولومجی (Ottoman Turkish): maker or seller of waterskins

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of waterskins

Ancestry of “طولومجی”, step by step

طولومجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish طولوم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishطولومskin or hide taken off whole and used as a receptacle
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →