Where does “Elciu” come from?

Elciu (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish ایلچی, from Old Turkic ایلچی, from Proto-Turkic *ēlči.

Elciu (Romanian): diplomatic envoy to the Ottoman Empire

Definitions

  1. diplomatic envoy to the Ottoman Empire

Ancestry of “Elciu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishایلچیagent, proxy, one who acts in the place of another by that person's authority, someone entrusted to act on behalf of another
2Old Turkicایلچی—
3Proto-Turkic*ēlči—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *ēlči →Every word from Old Turkic ایلچی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ایلچی →