Where does “elchegiu” come from?

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

elchegiu (Romanian): sail handler

Definitions

  1. sail handler

Ancestry of “elchegiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیلكنجیsailmaker, a person whose occupation is to make or repair sails
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →