Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “ja” come from?

ja (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch jā, from Proto-West Germanic jā, from Proto-Germanic ja, from Proto-Indo-European yē — already.

Ancestry of “ja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchjā—
2Proto-West Germanicjāyes; thus, so
3Proto-Germanicjayes; thus, so
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyēalready

Words derived from “ja”

  • ja
  • jas
  • ジャパニーズ
  • ja
  • ja-stemmer
  • tja
  • jawel
  • ja-stem
  • jawoord
  • ja
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yē →