Where does “قایماقجی” come from?

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

قایماقجی (Ottoman Turkish): maker or seller of kaymak, a dairy product similar to clotted cream

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of kaymak, a dairy product similar to clotted cream

Ancestry of “قایماقجی”, step by step

قایماقجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish قایماق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقایماقkaymak, a creamy dairy product similar to clotted cream, made in Turkic countries
2Proto-Turkic*kańakcream, kaymak
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →