Where does “balıkçılık” come from?
balıkçılık (Turkish) comes from Turkish balıkçı, from Turkish Balık, from Ottoman Turkish بالق, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či.
balıkçılık (Turkish): fishery
Ancestry of “balıkçılık”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | balıkçı | fisherman; fishmonger |
| 2 | Turkish | Balık | — |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | بالق | fish |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | bālïk | fish |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | -či | — |