Where does “jak” come from?
jak (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
Ancestry of “jak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Norse | ᛖᚲ | I |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |