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Where does “jo” come from?

jo (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish jo, from Old Norse jaur.

jo (Norwegian Bokmål): yes; in disagreement with the last speaker's...

Definitions

  1. yes; in disagreement with the last speaker's...

Ancestry of “jo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishjoas you know or should know; sometimes vaguely...
2Old Norsejaur—
Every word from Old Norse jaur →