Where does “joks” come from?

joks (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic yuok-, from Proto-Indo-European yōk-, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

joks (Latvian): joke, jest; joke

Definitions

  1. joke, jest; joke

Ancestry of “joks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicyuok-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyōk-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter

Words derived from “joks”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yōk- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic yuok- →