Where does “yeñiçeri” come from?

yeñiçeri (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Turkish çeri, from Ottoman Turkish چری, from Proto-Turkic *čerig — army.

Ancestry of “yeñiçeri”, step by step

yeñiçeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish çeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçerisoldier
2Ottoman Turkishچریarmy; soldier
3Proto-Turkic*čerigarmy

via Ottoman Turkish yeñi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishyeñi—
2Proto-Turkicyaŋïnew

Words derived from “yeñiçeri”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *čerig →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چری →Every word from Turkish çeri →