Where does “joug” come from?

joug (Middle French) comes from Old French jug, from Latin iugum, from French joug, from Latin jugum, from Proto-Italic jugom, from Proto-Indo-European yugóm, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

Ancestry of “joug”, step by step

joug traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French jug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchjug—
2Latiniugumyoke or collar; a team of oxen; horizontal beam...
3Frenchjougyoke; balance beam
4LatinjugumAlternative form of iugum; yoke, ridge; a yoke
5Proto-Italicjugomyoke
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyugómyoke
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together

via Old French jou

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchjouAlternative form of je

via Old French jof

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchjof—

Words derived from “joug”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yewg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yugóm →Every word from Proto-Italic jugom →