Where does “yaşlılık” come from?

yaşlılık (Turkish) comes from Turkish yaşlı, from Turkish yaş, from Ottoman Turkish یاش, from Proto-Turkic yāĺ, from Turkish -mek, from Ottoman Turkish ـمك — to, infinitive-forming suffix.

yaşlılık (Turkish): age

Definitions

  1. age

Ancestry of “yaşlılık”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyaşlıold
2Turkishyaşfresh, wet, moist; age; tear
3Ottoman Turkishیاشmoist; wet; humid
4Proto-Turkicyāĺage; year; young, fresh, green, raw, moist;...
5Turkish-mekInfinitive ending of verbs having a front or high...
6Ottoman Turkishـمكto, infinitive-forming suffix
Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـمك →Every word from Turkish -mek →Every word from Proto-Turkic yāĺ →