Where does “ja” come from?

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

ja (Dutch): yes; yes!

Definitions

  1. yes; yes!

Ancestry of “ja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchja—
2Old Dutchjā—
3Proto-West Germanicjāyes; thus, so
4Proto-Germanicjayes; thus, so
5Proto-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 →