Where does “yaws” come from?

yaws (English) comes from English yaw, from Old Norse jaga, from Middle Low German jāgen, from Old Saxon jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic jagōn — to hunt.

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Definitions

  1. A contagious tropical disease, caused by the...

Ancestry of “yaws”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishyawThe rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile...
2Old Norsejaga—
3Middle Low Germanjāgento hunt, to chase
4Old Saxonjagōnto hunt
5Proto-West Germanicjagōnto hunt

Words derived from “yaws”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic jagōn →Every word from Old Saxon jagōn →Every word from Middle Low German jāgen →