Where does “jodelen” come from?

jodelen (Dutch) comes from German Jodeln, from German jo, from German Ja, from Middle High German ja, from Old High German jā, from Proto-West Germanic jā, from Proto-Germanic ja, from Proto-Indo-European yē — already.

jodelen (Dutch): To yodel

Definitions

  1. To yodel

Ancestry of “jodelen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanJodelngerund of jodeln; yodeling
2Germanjoyes, yeah, well; expresses agreement in a...
3GermanJaa yes
4Middle High Germanja
5Old High German
6Proto-West Germanicyes; thus, so
7Proto-Germanicjayes; thus, so
8Proto-Indo-Europeanalready

Words derived from “jodelen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European