Where does “یاشداش” come from?

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

یاشداش (Ottoman Turkish): peer, someone who is approximately the same age as someone else

Definitions

  1. peer, someone who is approximately the same age as someone else

Ancestry of “یاشداش”, step by step

یاشداش 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 ـداش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishـداشNoun-forming suffix that indicates fellowship, relatedness, or togetherness
2Proto-Turkic*-daĺ—
Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـمك →Every word from Turkish -mek →Every word from Proto-Turkic yāĺ →