Where does “ياش” come from?

ياش (Uyghur) comes from Proto-Turkic yāĺ, from Turkish -mek, from Ottoman Turkish ـمك — to, infinitive-forming suffix.

ياش (Uyghur): age, years; young; a young person, youth

Definitions

  1. age, years; young; a young person, youth

Ancestry of “ياش”, step by step

ياش traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic yāĺ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicyāĺage; year; young, fresh, green, raw, moist;...
2Turkish-mekInfinitive ending of verbs having a front or high...
3Ottoman Turkishـمكto, infinitive-forming suffix

via Common Turkic aš

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Common Turkicaš—
2Proto-Turkic(i)aĺfood, meal

Words derived from “ياش”

Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـمك →Every word from Turkish -mek →Every word from Proto-Turkic yāĺ →