Where does “yangıncı” come from?

yangıncı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یانغینجی, from Ottoman Turkish یانغین, from Ottoman Turkish یانمق, from Proto-Turkic yan- — to burn.

Ancestry of “yangıncı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیانغینجیfireman, firefighter, a person who has been trained to put out fires
2Ottoman Turkishیانغینburnt, scorched, singed, dried or damaged by excessive exposure to sunlight or heat
3Ottoman Turkishیانمقto be burnt, suffer
4Proto-Turkicyan-to burn

Words derived from “yangıncı”

Every word from Proto-Turkic yan- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یانمق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یانغین →