Words that come from Proto-Germanic “ja”

143 words across 47 languages descend from Proto-Germanic ja — including if, ye, yeah, yea, ja, yeoman, yere, yeomanry.

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English (22)

German (14)

Finnish (12)

Middle English (11)

Old High German (7)

Dutch (6)

Old English (6)

Danish (4)

Swedish (4)

Gothic (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Old Norse (3)

Middle High German (3)

Old Danish (3)

Icelandic (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Estonian (2)

Yiddish (2)

Hungarian (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Alemannic German (2)

Southern Sami (1)

Ume Sami (1)

Vandalic (1)

Volapük (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Esperanto (1)

Faroese (1)

Ingrian (1)

Lule Sami (1)

Pite Sami (1)

Slovene (1)

Ido (1)

Inari Sami (1)

Latvian (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Japanese (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Northern Sami (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

West Frisian (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)