Where does “aşçılık” come from?
aşçılık (Turkish) comes from Turkish aşçı, from Ottoman Turkish آشجی, from Persian آش, from Proto-Turkic (i)aĺ — food, meal.
aşçılık (Turkish): cooking, cookery
Ancestry of “aşçılık”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | aşçı | cook, one who cooks |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | آشجی | — |
| 3 | Persian | آش | thick Persian-style soup; pottage |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | (i)aĺ | food, meal |