Words that come from Old Norse “já”

12 words across 6 languages descend from Old Norse já — including ja, ja, ja, tja, jaka, nåja, jahat, ja-sägare.

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Swedish (4)

Danish (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Faroese (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Finnish (1)