Where does “yelkenci” come from?

yelkenci (Turkish) comes from Turkish yelken, from Ottoman Turkish یلكن, from Old Anatolian Turkish یلكن — sail.

yelkenci (Turkish): sailmaker, a person whose occupation is to make or repair sails

Definitions

  1. sailmaker, a person whose occupation is to make or repair sails

Ancestry of “yelkenci”, step by step

yelkenci traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yelken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyelkensail; sailboat
2Ottoman Turkishیلكنsail
3Old Anatolian Turkishیلكنsail

via Ottoman Turkish یلكنجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیلكنجیsailmaker, a person whose occupation is to make or repair sails
Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish یلكن →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یلكن →Every word from Turkish yelken →