Where does “jah” come from?

jah (Estonian) comes from Proto-Germanic ja, from Proto-Indo-European yē — already.

jah (Estonian): yes

Definitions

  1. yes

Ancestry of “jah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicjayes; thus, so
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyēalready
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yē →Every word from Proto-Germanic ja →