Where does “چیویجی” come from?

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

چیویجی (Ottoman Turkish): nailer, one whose occupation is to make, sell, fasten, or drive nails

Definitions

  1. nailer, one whose occupation is to make, sell, fasten, or drive nails

Ancestry of “چیویجی”, step by step

چیویجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish چیوی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچیویpin, peg, wedge, bolt, gib, nail
2Proto-Turkicčibnail

Words derived from “چیویجی”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →