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