Where does “ауџы” come from?

ауџы (Ubykh) comes from Ottoman Turkish آوجی, from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

ауџы (Ubykh): hunter

Definitions

  1. hunter

Ancestry of “ауџы”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآوجیhunter, huntsman
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -čiEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ـجیEvery word from Ottoman Turkish آوجی