Where does “ћумурџија” come from?

ћумурџија (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ћумур, from Ottoman Turkish كومور, from Proto-Turkic kömür — coal.

ћумурџија (Serbo-Croatian): coal miner

Definitions

  1. coal miner

Ancestry of “ћумурџија”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianћумурcoal, charcoal
2Ottoman Turkishكومورcharcoal, a substance obtained by destructive distillation of wood
3Proto-Turkickömürcoal
Every word from Proto-Turkic kömür →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كومور →Every word from Serbo-Croatian ћумур →