Where does “طیقاج” come from?

طیقاج (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـغج, from Proto-Turkic *-gač — Forms denominal nouns denoting plants and animals.

طیقاج (Ottoman Turkish): plug, bung, cork, stopper, tampon, gag etc

Definitions

  1. plug, bung, cork, stopper, tampon, gag etc

Ancestry of “طیقاج”, step by step

طیقاج traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Ottoman Turkish طیقمق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishطیقمقto cram, stuff, tuck, squeeze in
2Proto-Turkic*tïk-—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-gač →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـغج →