Where does “iodler” come from?

iodler (Romanian) comes from French jodler, from German Jodeln, from German jo, from German Ja, from Middle High German ja, from Old High German jā, from Proto-West Germanic jā, from Proto-Germanic ja — already.

iodler (Romanian): yodel

Definitions

  1. yodel

Ancestry of “iodler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjodlerto yodel
2GermanJodelngerund of jodeln; yodeling
3Germanjoyes, yeah, well; expresses agreement in a...
4GermanJaa yes
5Middle High Germanja—
6Old High Germanjā—
7Proto-West Germanicjāyes; thus, so
8Proto-Germanicjayes; thus, so
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyēalready
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yē →