Where does “ياشلىق” come from?

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

ياشلىق (Uyghur): [a number of]-year-old

Definitions

  1. [a number of]-year-old

Ancestry of “ياشلىق”, step by step

ياشلىق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Uyghur ياش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uyghurياشage, years; young; a young person, youth
2Proto-Turkicyāĺage; year; young, fresh, green, raw, moist;...
3Turkish-mekInfinitive ending of verbs having a front or high...
4Ottoman Turkishـمكto, infinitive-forming suffix

via Uyghur لىق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uyghurلىق
Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـمكEvery word from Turkish -mekEvery word from Proto-Turkic yāĺ