Where does “یاش اتمك” come from?

یاش اتمك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یاش, from Proto-Turkic yāĺ, from Turkish -mek, from Ottoman Turkish ـمك — to, infinitive-forming suffix.

یاش اتمك (Ottoman Turkish): to moisten; to wet

Definitions

  1. to moisten; to wet

Ancestry of “یاش اتمك”, step by step

یاش اتمك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish یاش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیاشmoist; wet; humid
2Proto-Turkicyāĺage; year; young, fresh, green, raw, moist;...
3Turkish-mekInfinitive ending of verbs having a front or high...
4Ottoman Turkishـمكto, infinitive-forming suffix

via Ottoman Turkish اتمك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاتمكto do, to make; alternative form of اكمك
2Proto-Turkicetmekbread
Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـمك →Every word from Turkish -mek →Every word from Proto-Turkic yāĺ →