Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “jagōn”

174 words across 41 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic jagōn — including yacht, yachting, Yeager, yachtsman, yot, jaeger, yager, superyacht.

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German (39)

English (24)

Dutch (16)

Finnish (11)

Swedish (10)

Luxembourgish (6)

Serbo-Croatian (5)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Middle Low German (4)

Middle Dutch (4)

Middle High German (4)

Danish (3)

Old High German (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

French (2)

Tagalog (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Russian (2)

Estonian (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Yiddish (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Portuguese (2)

Greek (1)

Italian (1)

Turkish (1)

Catalan (1)

Japanese (1)

Volapük (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Bikol Central (1)

Spanish (1)

Norman (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Faroese (1)

Old Norse (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)