Where does “-ici” come from?

-ici (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـیجی, from Proto-Turkic *-gučï — Forms professions from verbs.

-ici (Turkish): Suffix creating adjectives and/or (sometimes occupational) nouns directly from transitive verbs: -ive, -ous, -er

Definitions

  1. Suffix creating adjectives and/or (sometimes occupational) nouns directly from transitive verbs: -ive, -ous, -er

Ancestry of “-ici”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـیجی—
2Proto-Turkic*-gučïForms professions from verbs

Words derived from “-ici”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *-gučï →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـیجی →