Where does “gülümsetmek” come from?

gülümsetmek (Turkish) comes from Turkish -t, from Ottoman Turkish ت, from Proto-Turkic -t — causative suffix.

Ancestry of “gülümsetmek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-tForms causative verbs usually from polysyllabic...
2Ottoman Turkishتcausative suffix
3Proto-Turkic-tcausative suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -t →Every word from Turkish -t →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ت →
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