Where does “büyükelçi” come from?

büyükelçi (Turkish) comes from Turkish büyük, from Ottoman Turkish بیوك, from Proto-Turkic bedük, from Proto-Turkic bedü- — to grow, become large; to grow big; to become...

büyükelçi (Turkish): ambassador

Definitions

  1. ambassador

Ancestry of “büyükelçi”, step by step

büyükelçi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish büyük

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbüyükbig, large; grand
2Ottoman Turkishبیوكbig, large; grand, great
3Proto-Turkicbedükbig; tall; big, tall
4Proto-Turkicbedü-to grow, become large; to grow big; to become...

via Turkish elçi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishelçiambassador; delegate; envoy
2Ottoman Turkishایلچیagent, proxy, one who acts in the place of another by that person's authority, someone entrusted to act on behalf of another
3Old Turkicایلچی—
4Proto-Turkic*ēlči—
Every word from Proto-Turkic bedü- →Every word from Proto-Turkic bedük →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بیوك →