Where does “elekçilik” come from?
elekçilik (Turkish) comes from Turkish elekçi, from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či.
elekçilik (Turkish): Making or selling sieves
Ancestry of “elekçilik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | elekçi | maker or seller of sieves |
| 2 | Turkish | -cı | Suffix appended to words to create a noun... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ـچی | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | -či | — |