jonk
Afrikaans
/jɔŋk/
adj
Definitions
- young
- recent
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish jong (young, youngling) inherited from Old Dutch jung inherited from Proto-Germanic *jungaz inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- jonkmanskas English
- iuvencus Latin
- juvencus Latin
- juvencus, iuvencus Latin
- everjong Dutch, Flemish
- jong Dutch, Flemish
- jongdement Dutch, Flemish
- jongeling Dutch, Flemish
- jonggehuwd Dutch, Flemish
- kattenjong Dutch, Flemish
- *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂yuh₁en- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós Proto-Indo-European
- *yuwn̥kós Proto-Indo-European
- *jungaz Proto-Germanic
- geong Old English
- ġeong Old English
- ungr Old Norse
- jonc Middle Dutch
- jung Old High German
- 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *jung gmw-pro
- jung Old Dutch
- *yowankos Proto-Celtic
- yongu Sranan Tongo