Where does “jo” come from?

jo (Lithuanian) comes from Middle High German ja, from Old High German jā, from Proto-West Germanic jā, from Proto-Germanic ja, from Proto-Indo-European yē — already.

jo (Lithuanian): his; genitive form of jis; yes

Definitions

  1. his; genitive form of jis; yes

Ancestry of “jo”, step by step

jo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German ja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanja—
2Old High Germanjā—
3Proto-West Germanicjāyes; thus, so
4Proto-Germanicjayes; thus, so
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyēalready

via Lithuanian jis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianjishe, it
2Proto-Balto-Slavicisthis

Words derived from “jo”

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