Where does “meslektaş” come from?

meslektaş (Turkish) comes from Turkish -daş, from Ottoman Turkish ـداش, from Proto-Turkic *-daĺ.

meslektaş (Turkish): colleague, co-worker, peer

Definitions

  1. colleague, co-worker, peer

Ancestry of “meslektaş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-daşA noun-forming suffix frequently denoting a...
2Ottoman TurkishـداشNoun-forming suffix that indicates fellowship, relatedness, or togetherness
3Proto-Turkic*-daĺ—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-daĺ →Every word from Turkish -daş →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـداش →