Where does “Maoculuk” come from?

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

Maoculuk (Turkish): Maoism

Definitions

  1. Maoism

Ancestry of “Maoculuk”, step by step

Maoculuk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish Maocu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishMaocuMaoist
2Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
3Ottoman Turkishـچی—
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

via Turkish lük

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishlük—
2Middle Low Germanlück—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Turkish -cı →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـچی →