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
Ancestry of “joks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | yuok- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | yōk- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | yek- | to utter |
Words derived from “joks”