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.
yaşlılık (Turkish): age
Ancestry of “yaşlılık”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | yaşlı | old |
| 2 | Turkish | yaş | fresh, wet, moist; age; tear |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | یاش | moist; wet; humid |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | yāĺ | age; year; young, fresh, green, raw, moist;... |
| 5 | Turkish | -mek | Infinitive ending of verbs having a front or high... |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | ـمك | — |