Where does “Yay” come from?
Yay (English) comes from English yea, from Middle English yë, from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
Yay (English): A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people
Definitions
- A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people
Ancestry of “Yay”, step by step
Yay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English yea
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | yea | Yes; Thus, so; Or even, or more like, nay |
| 2 | Middle English | yë | Alternative form of eie |
| 3 | Old English | ġē | ye |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Vietnamese Giáy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Giáy | Giáy, an ethnic group of Vietnam |