Where does “Osmanlıcılık” come from?
Osmanlıcılık (Turkish) comes from Turkish Osmanlıcı, from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či.
Ancestry of “Osmanlıcılık”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | Osmanlıcı | Ottomanist |
| 2 | Turkish | -cı | Suffix appended to words to create a noun... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ـچی | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | -či | — |