Where does “tutulmuş” come from?

tutulmuş (Turkish) comes from Turkish -miş, from Ottoman Turkish ـمش, from Old Anatolian Turkish ـمش, from Proto-Turkic *-miĺ — Forms past tense, heard, unseen, unexperienced or otherwise unclear to the speaker.

tutulmuş (Turkish): stiff, seized up

Definitions

  1. stiff, seized up

Ancestry of “tutulmuş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-mişSuffix creating subject past participles or impersonal perfective participles from verbs
2Ottoman TurkishـمشEvidential suffix, distinguishing reported from observed actions
3Old Anatolian Turkishـمش
4Proto-Turkic*-miĺForms past tense, heard, unseen, unexperienced or otherwise unclear to the speaker
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-miĺEvery word from Turkish -mişEvery word from Old Anatolian Turkish ـمش
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