Where does “yumurtacı” come from?

yumurtacı (Turkish) comes from Turkish yumurta, from Ottoman Turkish یومورطه, from Proto-Turkic yumurtka — egg.

yumurtacı (Turkish): egger, a person who gathers or sells eggs

Definitions

  1. egger, a person who gathers or sells eggs

Ancestry of “yumurtacı”, step by step

yumurtacı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yumurta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyumurtaegg
2Ottoman Turkishیومورطهegg
3Proto-Turkicyumurtkaegg

via Ottoman Turkish یومورطه‌جی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیومورطه‌جیegger, a person who gathers or sells eggs
Every word from Proto-Turkic yumurtka →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یومورطه →Every word from Turkish yumurta →