Where does “balıkçı” come from?
balıkçı (Turkish) comes from Turkish Balık, from Ottoman Turkish بالق, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či.
balıkçı (Turkish): fisherman; fishmonger
Ancestry of “balıkçı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | Balık | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بالق | fish |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | bālïk | fish |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | -či | — |
Words derived from “balıkçı”