Where does “jojo” come from?

jojo (Swedish) comes from Swedish jo, from Old Swedish iū, from Old Norse jaur.

jojo (Swedish): yo-yo

Definitions

  1. yo-yo

Ancestry of “jojo”, step by step

jojo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish jo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishjoyes; used as a disagreement to a negative...
2Old Swedishiū—
3Old Norsejaur—

via English yo-yo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishyo-yoA toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical...
2Ilocanoyóyoyo-yo
Every word from Old Norse jaur →Every word from Old Swedish iū →Every word from Swedish jo →