Where does “işbirlikçi” come from?

işbirlikçi (Turkish) comes from Turkish işbirliği, from Turkish birlik, from Turkish bir, from Ottoman Turkish بر, from Old Anatolian Turkish بر, from Proto-Turkic bīr — one.

işbirlikçi (Turkish): collaborator, collaborationist, especially a treasonous one

Definitions

  1. collaborator, collaborationist, especially a treasonous one

Ancestry of “işbirlikçi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishişbirliğicollaboration
2Turkishbirlikunion
3Turkishbira, an; some; mono
4Ottoman Turkishبرa, an; one
5Old Anatolian Turkishبرa, an; one
6Proto-Turkicbīrone
Every word from Proto-Turkic bīr →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish بر →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بر →