Where does “konuşmacı” come from?

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

konuşmacı (Turkish): speaker in a formal meeting, conference etc

Definitions

  1. speaker in a formal meeting, conference etc

Ancestry of “konuşmacı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
2Ottoman Turkishـچی
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -čiEvery word from Turkish -cıEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ـچی