Where does “یولجی” come from?

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

یولجی (Ottoman Turkish): traveller, wayfarer, one who travels, especially to distant lands

Definitions

  1. traveller, wayfarer, one who travels, especially to distant lands

Ancestry of “یولجی”, step by step

یولجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish یول

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیولroad, street, a way used for travelling between places
2Proto-Turkicyōlroad

Words derived from “یولجی”

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