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Where does “unyoked” come from?

unyoked (English) comes from English yoked, from English yoke, from Middle English yok, from Old English ġeoc, from Proto-West Germanic juk, from Proto-Germanic juką, from Proto-Indo-European yugóm, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

unyoked (English): simple past tense and past participle of unyoke;...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of unyoke;...

Ancestry of “unyoked”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishyoked—
2EnglishyokeFrame around the neck, and related senses; Pair...
3Middle EnglishyokAlternative form of ȝok
4Old Englishġeoc—
5Proto-West Germanicjuk—
6Proto-Germanicjukąyoke
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyugómyoke
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together
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