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Where does “yoketh” come from?

yoketh (English) comes 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.

yoketh (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “yoketh”, step by step

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