Where does “ja” come from?

ja (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch ja, from Middle Dutch ja, from Old Dutch jā, from Proto-West Germanic jā, from Proto-Germanic ja, from Proto-Indo-European yē — already.

ja (Afrikaans): yes

Definitions

  1. yes

Ancestry of “ja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchjayes; yes!
2Middle Dutchja—
3Old Dutchjā—
4Proto-West Germanicjāyes; thus, so
5Proto-Germanicjayes; thus, so
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyēalready

Words derived from “ja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yē →Every word from Proto-Germanic ja →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jā →