Where does “yeniçeri” come from?

yeniçeri (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish yeñiçeri, from Turkish çeri, from Ottoman Turkish چری, from Proto-Turkic *čerig — army.

yeniçeri (Turkish): janissary

Definitions

  1. janissary

Ancestry of “yeniçeri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishyeñiçeri—
2Turkishçerisoldier
3Ottoman Turkishچریarmy; soldier
4Proto-Turkic*čerigarmy

Words derived from “yeniçeri”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *čerig →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چری →Every word from Turkish çeri →
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