Where does “kalaycı” come from?

kalaycı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قالایجی, from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

kalaycı (Turkish): tinsmith

Definitions

  1. tinsmith

Ancestry of “kalaycı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقالایجیtinner, tinsmith, a person who makes things with tin
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قالایجی →