Where does “-cı” come from?

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

-cı (Turkish): Suffix appended to words to create a noun...

Definitions

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a noun...

Ancestry of “-cı”, step by step

-cı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـچی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـچی—
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix

Words derived from “-cı”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـچی →