Where does “kavakçılık” come from?

kavakçılık (Turkish) comes from Turkish kavakçı, from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

kavakçılık (Turkish): the occupation of a grower of poplars

Definitions

  1. the occupation of a grower of poplars

Ancestry of “kavakçılık”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkavakçısomeone who grows poplars and sell their timber
2Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
3Ottoman Turkishـچی—
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
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