Where does “yaş” come from?
yaş (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یاش, from Proto-Turkic yāĺ, from Turkish -mek, from Ottoman Turkish ـمك — to, infinitive-forming suffix.
yaş (Turkish): fresh, wet, moist; age; tear
Definitions
- fresh, wet, moist; age; tear
Ancestry of “yaş”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | یاش | moist; wet; humid |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | yāĺ | age; year; young, fresh, green, raw, moist;... |
| 3 | Turkish | -mek | Infinitive ending of verbs having a front or high... |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | ـمك | to, infinitive-forming suffix |