Where does “ییلانجی” come from?

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

ییلانجی (Ottoman Turkish): snake-catcher, snake-tamer

Definitions

  1. snake-catcher, snake-tamer

Ancestry of “ییلانجی”, step by step

ییلانجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish ییلان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishییلانsnake, serpent, any legless, scaly reptile of the suborder Serpentes, with a fork-shaped tongue
2Proto-Turkic*yï̄lansnake
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →