Where does “geoidligh” come from?

geoidligh (Irish) comes from Irish geoidil, from German Jodeln, from German jo, from German Ja, from Middle High German ja, from Old High German jā, from Proto-West Germanic jā, from Proto-Germanic ja — already.

geoidligh (Irish): yodel

Definitions

yodel

Ancestry of “geoidligh”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Irish	geoidil	yodel
2	German	Jodeln	gerund of jodeln; yodeling
3	German	jo	yes, yeah, well; expresses agreement in a...
4	German	Ja	a yes
5	Middle High German	ja	—
6	Old High German	jā	—
7	Proto-West Germanic	jā	yes; thus, so
8	Proto-Germanic	ja	yes; thus, so
9	Proto-Indo-European	yē	already

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yē →Every word from Proto-Germanic ja →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jā →