Where does “fırçalamak” come from?

fırçalamak (Turkish) comes from Turkish -mak, from Old Anatolian Turkish -mäk/-mak, from Turkish -mek, from Ottoman Turkish ـمك — to, infinitive-forming suffix.

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Ancestry of “fırçalamak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-makInfinitive ending of verbs having a low or back...
2Old Anatolian Turkish-mäk/-mak—
3Turkish-mekInfinitive ending of verbs having a front or high...
4Ottoman Turkishـمكto, infinitive-forming suffix
Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـمك →Every word from Turkish -mek →Every word from Turkish -mak →