Where does “baltacılık” come from?

baltacılık (Turkish) comes from Turkish baltacı, from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

baltacılık (Turkish): profession of the person who sells or makes axes

Definitions

  1. profession of the person who sells or makes axes

Ancestry of “baltacılık”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishbaltacıMaker or seller of axes; halberdier
2Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
3Ottoman Turkishـچی—
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Turkish -cı →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـچی →
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