Where does “قولتقجی” come from?

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

قولتقجی (Ottoman Turkish): hawker, especially a peddler or auctioneer of secondhand clothing

Definitions

  1. hawker, especially a peddler or auctioneer of secondhand clothing

Ancestry of “قولتقجی”, step by step

قولتقجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish قولتق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقولتقarmpit, the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
2Proto-Turkickȫllake
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →