Where does “dondurmacı” come from?

dondurmacı (Turkish) comes from Azerbaijani dondurma, from Azerbaijani dondurmaq, from Azerbaijani donmaq, from Ottoman Turkish طوكمق, from Proto-Turkic *toŋ- — to freeze.

dondurmacı (Turkish): A person who sells ice cream

Definitions

  1. A person who sells ice cream

Ancestry of “dondurmacı”, step by step

dondurmacı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Azerbaijani dondurma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanidondurmaverbal noun of dondurmaq; ice cream
2Azerbaijanidondurmaqto cause to freeze
3Azerbaijanidonmaqto freeze
4Ottoman Turkishطوكمقto freeze, congeal, to get into solid state of matter by temperature decrease
5Proto-Turkic*toŋ-to freeze

via Turkish dondurma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdondurmaice cream; second-person singular negative...
2Ottoman Turkishطوڭدرمه—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *toŋ- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طوكمق →Every word from Azerbaijani donmaq →