Where does “dağcı” come from?

dağcı (Turkish) comes from Turkish dağ, from Ottoman Turkish داغ, from Classical Persian داغ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰégʷʰeti — to burn, to be burning.

dağcı (Turkish): alpinist, mountaineer

Definitions

  1. alpinist, mountaineer

Ancestry of “dağcı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdağmountain
2Ottoman Turkishداغmountain; sear, mark left by cauterization or...
3Classical Persianداغ—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰégʷʰetito burn, to be burning

Words derived from “dağcı”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰégʷʰeti →Every word from Classical Persian داغ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish داغ →