Where does “ayakçı” come from?

ayakçı (Turkish) comes from Turkish ayak, from Ottoman Turkish آیاق, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایاق, from Proto-Turkic adak — foot; end.

ayakçı (Turkish): errand boy

Definitions

  1. errand boy

Ancestry of “ayakçı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishayakpaw, foot
2Ottoman Turkishآیاقfoot; leg
3Old Anatolian Turkishایاق—
4Proto-Turkicadakfoot; end
Every word from Proto-Turkic adak →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish ایاق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آیاق →