Where does “kalaycı” come from?
kalaycı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قالایجی, from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či.
kalaycı (Turkish): tinsmith
Ancestry of “kalaycı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قالایجی | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ـجی | occupational suffix |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | -či | — |