Where does “azaltıcı” come from?

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

azaltıcı (Turkish): diminishing, mitigating

Definitions

  1. diminishing, mitigating

Ancestry of “azaltıcı”, 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 *-gučï →Every word from Turkish -ici →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـیجی →