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Where does “totemci” come from?

totemci (Turkish) comes from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či.

totemci (Turkish): Somebody who applies totems

Definitions

  1. Somebody who applies totems

Ancestry of “totemci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
2Ottoman Turkishـچی—
3Proto-Turkic-či—

Words derived from “totemci”

  • totemcilik
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