Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jahw

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *ja +‎ *-hw.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jɑxʷ/

Conjunction

*jahw

and, also

Descendants

Old English: ġe
Old Saxon: ja, gia, gi, ge; jak
Old Dutch: joh
Old High German: ja; joch
- Middle High German: joch
  - German: joch (obsolete)
Old Norse: jah (Runic)
- → Southern Sami: jah
- → Ume Sami: jah
Gothic: 𐌾𐌰𐌷 (jah)
Vandalic: ia
→ Estonian: ja
→ Finnish: ja

References

Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press

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