Where does “قلججی” come from?

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

قلججی (Ottoman Turkish): sword-cutler, sword-maker

Definitions

  1. sword-cutler, sword-maker

Ancestry of “قلججی”, step by step

قلججی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish قلج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقلجsword, especially a broad one
2Proto-Turkic*kïlï̄čsword
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →