Where does “arıtıcı” come from?

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

arıtıcı (Turkish): detergent

Definitions

  1. detergent

Ancestry of “arıtıcı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-iciSuffix creating adjectives and/or (sometimes occupational) nouns directly from transitive verbs: -ive, -ous, -er
2Ottoman Turkishـیجی
3Proto-Turkic*-gučïForms professions from verbs
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-gučïEvery word from Turkish -iciEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ـیجی