Where does “işkencecilik” come from?
işkencecilik (Turkish) comes from Turkish işkenceci, from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či.
işkencecilik (Turkish): job of the torturer
Ancestry of “işkencecilik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | işkenceci | tormentor, torturer |
| 2 | Turkish | -cı | Suffix appended to words to create a noun... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ـچی | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | -či | — |