Where does “Joch” come from?

Joch (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German jok, from Old Saxon juk, from Proto-Germanic juką, from Proto-Indo-European yugóm, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

Joch (Plautdietsch): yoke

Definitions

  1. yoke

Ancestry of “Joch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanjok—
2Old Saxonjuk—
3Proto-Germanicjukąyoke
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyugómyoke
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yewg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yugóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic juką →