Where does “yeñiçeri” come from?
yeñiçeri (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Turkish çeri, from Ottoman Turkish چری, from Proto-Turkic *čerig.
Ancestry of “yeñiçeri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | çeri | soldier |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | چری | army; soldier |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *čerig | — |