Where does “yoof” come from?

yoof (English) comes from English youth, from Middle English youthe, from Old English ġeoguþ, from West Germanic juwunþa, from Proto-Germanic jugunþō.

yoof (English): youth

Definitions

  1. youth

Ancestry of “yoof”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishyouthThe quality or state of being young; The part of...
2Middle EnglishyoutheYouth part of life following childhood
3Old Englishġeoguþthe state of being young; youth
4West Germanicjuwunþa—
5Proto-Germanicjugunþō—

Words derived from “yoof”

Every word from Proto-Germanic jugunþō →Every word from West Germanic juwunþa →Every word from Old English ġeoguþ →
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