Where does “balıkçı” come from?

balıkçı (Turkish) comes from Turkish Balık, from Ottoman Turkish بالق, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

balıkçı (Turkish): fisherman; fishmonger

Definitions

  1. fisherman; fishmonger

Ancestry of “balıkçı”, step by step

balıkçı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish Balık

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishBalıkPisces
2Ottoman Turkishبالقfish
3Proto-Turkicbālïkfish
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

via Ottoman Turkish بالقجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبالقجیfisherman, a person whose profession is catching fish

Words derived from “balıkçı”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Proto-Turkic bālïk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بالق →