Where does “Başmakçı” come from?

Başmakçı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish باشمقجی, from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

Başmakçı (Turkish): shoemaker, a maker or seller of shoes

Definitions

  1. shoemaker, a maker or seller of shoes

Ancestry of “Başmakçı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishباشمقجیshoemaker, a maker or seller of shoes, especially slippers, babouches and pantofles
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish باشمقجی →