Where does “Juk” come from?

Juk (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian juk, from Proto-West Germanic juk, from Proto-Germanic juką, from Proto-Indo-European yugóm, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

Juk (Saterland Frisian): yoke

Definitions

  1. yoke

Ancestry of “Juk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianjuk—
2Proto-West Germanicjukyoke
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 →