Where does “totemcilik” come from?

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

totemcilik (Turkish): Somebody who applies totems

Definitions

  1. Somebody who applies totems

Ancestry of “totemcilik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishtotemciSomebody who applies totems
2Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
3Ottoman Turkishـچی—
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Turkish -cı →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـچی →