Where does “قاشیقجی” come from?

قاشیقجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قاشیق, from Old Anatolian Turkish قاشق, from Proto-Turkic kaĺuk — spoon.

قاشیقجی (Ottoman Turkish): spoonmaker, a manufacturer of spoons

Definitions

  1. spoonmaker, a manufacturer of spoons

Ancestry of “قاشیقجی”, step by step

قاشیقجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قاشیق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقاشیقspoon
2Old Anatolian Turkishقاشقspoon
3Proto-Turkickaĺukspoon

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “قاشیقجی”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kaĺuk →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قاشق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قاشیق →