Where does “قایشجی” come from?

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

قایشجی (Ottoman Turkish): strapper, thong-maker, a person who produces or works with straps, as on leather goods

Definitions

  1. strapper, thong-maker, a person who produces or works with straps, as on leather goods

Ancestry of “قایشجی”, step by step

قایشجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish قایش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقایشbelt; thong
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →