Where does “ییلانجقجی” come from?

ییلانجقجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ییلانجق, from Ottoman Turkish ییلان, from Proto-Turkic *yï̄lan — snake.

ییلانجقجی (Ottoman Turkish): quack doctor who treats erysipelas

Definitions

  1. quack doctor who treats erysipelas

Ancestry of “ییلانجقجی”, step by step

ییلانجقجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ییلانجق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishییلانجقerysipelas, an acute febrile disease
2Ottoman Turkishییلانsnake, serpent, any legless, scaly reptile of the suborder Serpentes, with a fork-shaped tongue
3Proto-Turkic*yï̄lansnake

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic *yï̄lan →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ییلان →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ییلانجق →