Where does “iabangiu” come from?

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

iabangiu (Romanian): foreigner

Definitions

  1. foreigner

Ancestry of “iabangiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیابانجیstranger, a person whom one does not know, or is not an acquaintance
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یابانجی →