Where does “jox” come from?

jox (Swedish) comes from German Jux, from Latin iocus, from Proto-Italic jokos, from Proto-Indo-European yokos, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

jox (Swedish): junk, stuff, crap; hard work, toil, bother;...

Definitions

  1. junk, stuff, crap; hard work, toil, bother;...

Ancestry of “jox”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanJuxjoke
2Latiniocusa joke, jest; a form of amusement; pastime, sport
3Proto-Italicjokosword, saying
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyokosword, utterance
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter

Words derived from “jox”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yokos →Every word from Proto-Italic jokos →