yea
English
/jeɪ/, /ˈjɛ(ə)/, /jeɪ/
adv
Definitions
- (dated) Yes.
- Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ye (you) inherited from Old English ġēa (yes, yea) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ja (yes, so, thus) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *yē, *Hyós (already).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*yē, *Hyós
Gloss
already
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forsooth English
- say English
- ye English
- yea-forsooth English
- yeasay English
- yeasayer English
- jaa Finnish
- etiam Latin
- iam Latin
- iamdudum Latin
- iampridem Latin
- quoniam Latin
- bejahen German
- ja German
- giammai Italian
- già Italian
- ja Dutch, Flemish
- ja-stem Dutch, Flemish
- ja-stemmer Dutch, Flemish
- jawadde Dutch, Flemish
- jawel Dutch, Flemish
- jawoord Dutch, Flemish
- déjà French
- ya Spanish, Castilian
- *Hyā́m Proto-Indo-European
- *yē Proto-Indo-European
- *yē, *Hyós Proto-Indo-European
- *ja Proto-Germanic
- ja Swedish
- ja-sägare Swedish
- nåja Swedish
- giese Old English
- ġē Old English
- ġēa Old English
- ye Middle English
- ȝo, yeo, yaw, yo, io Middle English
- já Old Norse
- ja Old French
- ja Esperanto
- ja Catalan, Valencian
- ja Middle Dutch
- ja Old High German
- ja, jā Old High German
- ja Ido
- ja Afrikaans
- ja Middle High German
- 𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- *jā gmw-pro
- jah Estonian
- *jā Old Dutch
- ja Old Portuguese
- ja Cimbrian
- ja Alemannic German
- jaa Old Swedish
- ja Slovene
- yá Asturian
- za Friulian
- ya Volapük
- ia Basque
- ya Chavacano