Where does “ülkücülük” come from?

ülkücülük (Turkish) comes from Turkish ülkücü, from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

ülkücülük (Turkish): targetism; idealism

Definitions

  1. targetism; idealism

Ancestry of “ülkücülük”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishülkücütargetist; idealist
2Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
3Ottoman Turkishـچی—
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Turkish -cı →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـچی →