Where does “yaştaş” come from?

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

yaştaş (Turkish): contemporaneous

Definitions

  1. contemporaneous

Ancestry of “yaştaş”, step by step

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