ja
Alemannic German
adverb
Definitions
- (Uri) yes
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German ja inherited from Proto-Germanic *ja (yes, so, thus).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ja
Gloss
yes, so, thus
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- yea English
- yea-forsooth English
- yeasay English
- jaa Finnish
- bejahen German
- ja German
- ja Dutch, Flemish
- ja-stem Dutch, Flemish
- ja-stemmer Dutch, Flemish
- jawadde Dutch, Flemish
- jawel Dutch, Flemish
- jawoord Dutch, Flemish
- *yē Proto-Indo-European
- *yē, *Hyós Proto-Indo-European
- *ja Proto-Germanic
- ja Swedish
- ja-sägare Swedish
- nåja Swedish
- ġēa Old English
- ye Middle English
- já Old Norse
- ja Esperanto
- ja Middle Dutch
- ja Old High German
- ja, jā Old High German
- ja Afrikaans
- ja Middle High German
- 𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- *jā gmw-pro
- jah Estonian
- *jā Old Dutch
- jaa Old Swedish
- ja Slovene