Where does “joki” come from?
joki (Latvian) comes from Latvian joks, from Proto-Balto-Slavic yuok-, from Proto-Indo-European yōk-, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.
joki (Latvian): nominative plural form of joks; vocative plural...
Definitions
- nominative plural form of joks; vocative plural...
Ancestry of “joki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | joks | joke, jest; joke |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | yuok- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | yōk- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | yek- | to utter |