Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jahw

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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
- Middle English: gea, ȝe, ye, ȝa, ȝi
Old Saxon: ja, gia, gi, ge; jak
Old Dutch: joh
Old High German: ja; joch
- Middle High German: joch
  - German: joch (obsolete)
Early Old Norse: *jah (Runic form dubious)
- → Southern Sami: jah
- → Ume Sami: jah
Gothic: 𐌾𐌰𐌷 (jah)
Vandalic: ia
→ Proto-Finnic: *ja (see there for further descendants)

References

Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN