Where does “غازجی” come from?

غازجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish غاز, from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ.

غازجی (Ottoman Turkish): gasworker

Definitions

  1. gasworker

Ancestry of “غازجی”, step by step

غازجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish غاز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishغازgas
2Frenchgazgas; flatulence
3Dutchgasgas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street
4Middle Dutchgasseunpaved street
5Middle High Germangazze—
6Old High Germangazzalane
7Proto-West Germanic*gatwā—
8Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂ →