Where does “چاقماقجی” come from?

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

چاقماقجی (Ottoman Turkish): maker or seller of firestrikers or firesteels

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of firestrikers or firesteels

Ancestry of “چاقماقجی”, step by step

چاقماقجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish چاقماق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچاقماقany instrument used for striking fire;...
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →