Where does “yabancılaşmak” come from?

yabancılaşmak (Turkish) comes from Turkish yabancı, from Ottoman Turkish یابانجی, from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

yabancılaşmak (Turkish): to become estranged

Definitions

  1. to become estranged

Ancestry of “yabancılaşmak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyabancıstranger; foreigner
2Ottoman Turkishیابانجیstranger, a person whom one does not know, or is not an acquaintance
3Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یابانجی →
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