Where does “хаџилук” come from?
хаџилук (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish حاجیلق, from Ottoman Turkish حاجی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
хаџилук (Serbo-Croatian): hajj; pilgrimage
Ancestry of “хаџилук”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | حاجیلق | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | حاجی | hajji |
| 3 | Persian | ـی | Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms... |
| 4 | Middle Persian | -yk' | — |
| 5 | Old Persian | -𐎡𐎣 | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -kas | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |