Where does “dişçi” come from?
dişçi (Turkish) comes from Turkish diş, from Ottoman Turkish دیش, from Old Anatolian Turkish diş, from Proto-Turkic dīĺ — tooth.
dişçi (Turkish): dentist
Ancestry of “dişçi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | diş | tooth; a sharp projection on the blade of a saw... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | دیش | tooth |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | diş | tooth |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | dīĺ | tooth |