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Where does “kuyumcu” come from?

kuyumcu (Turkish) comes from Turkish -çü, from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či.

kuyumcu (Turkish): jeweller, goldsmith; jeweller's

Definitions

  1. jeweller, goldsmith; jeweller's

Ancestry of “kuyumcu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-çüSuffix appended to words to create a noun,...
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-či—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →