Words that come from Middle English yes

111 words across 23 languages descend from Middle English yes — including ye, yes, ya, yeah, yea, yere, Yay, yay.

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Russian (48)

English (30)

Esperanto (7)

Finnish (4)

Icelandic (2)

Japanese (2)

Ukrainian (2)

Danish (1)

Dutch (1)

French (1)

Ido (1)

Italian (1)

Indonesian (1)

Spanish (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

American Sign Language (1)

Malay (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Russenorsk (1)

Polish (1)

Portuguese (1)

Swedish (1)

Pichinglis (1)

Words from Middle English yes — 111 descendants | Etymology Explorer