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Where does “yokos” come from?

yokos (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

yokos (Proto-Indo-European): word, utterance

Definitions

  1. word, utterance

Ancestry of “yokos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter

Words derived from “yokos”

  • joy
  • joke
  • joyous
  • joyful
  • jewel
  • joking
  • joyfully
  • Jewel
  • joyously
  • jokingly
  • jeweller
  • jocular
  • joker
  • joyless
  • joyousness
  • joystick
  • jocose
  • jocularity
  • jocularly
  • jocosely
  • joyfulness
  • joyance
  • jongleur
  • joyride
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