Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “yē”

188 words across 64 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European yē — including if, ye, yeah, yea, ja, yeoman, yere, yeomanry.

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English (23)

German (14)

Latin (12)

Finnish (12)

Middle English (12)

Old High German (7)

Dutch (6)

Old English (6)

Italian (5)

Proto-Germanic (5)

Danish (4)

Swedish (4)

Gothic (4)

Esperanto (3)

Old French (3)

Old Norse (3)

Middle High German (3)

Old Danish (3)

Icelandic (2)

Middle French (2)

Volapük (2)

French (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Estonian (2)

Ido (2)

Yiddish (2)

Hungarian (2)

Interlingua (2)

Norman (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Alemannic German (2)

Southern Sami (1)

Ume Sami (1)

Vandalic (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Catalan (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Faroese (1)

Ingrian (1)

Lule Sami (1)

Pite Sami (1)

Slovene (1)

Friulian (1)

Inari Sami (1)

Galician (1)

Asturian (1)

Latvian (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Japanese (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Indo-Portuguese (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Basque (1)

Northern Sami (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Spanish (1)

West Frisian (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)