Where does “yaşlı” come from?
yaşlı (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani yaş, from Proto-Turkic yāĺ, from Turkish -mek, from Ottoman Turkish ـمك.
yaşlı (Azerbaijani): elderly
Ancestry of “yaşlı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Azerbaijani | yaş | fresh, wet, moist; age ; years; tear |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | yāĺ | age; year; young, fresh, green, raw, moist;... |
| 3 | Turkish | -mek | Infinitive ending of verbs having a front or high... |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | ـمك | — |