Where does “ya” come from?

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

ya (Middle English): yes, yea

Definitions

  1. yes, yea

Ancestry of “ya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēayes, yea; district, region; yea, yes
2Proto-West Germanicjāyes; thus, so
3Proto-Germanicjayes; thus, so
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyēalready

Words derived from “ya”

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