ȝok
Middle English
/jɔk/
noun
Definitions
- yoke tool for attaching beasts of burden to a farm instrument.
- A yoked group of beasts of burden.
- The agreement and union of marriage.
- Compliance; the imposition of constraints, especially willingly.
- Cruelty or subjection to cruelty.
- Something that looks like a yoke.
- (rare) A challenge, burden or load.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ġeoc inherited from Proto-Germanic *juką inherited from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (yoke).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*yugóm
Gloss
yoke
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- jugulāris Latin
- ζυγωτός Ancient Greek
- ζυγόν Ancient Greek
- ζύγωμα Ancient Greek
- *yewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *yugóm Proto-Indo-European
- *juką Proto-Germanic
- geoc Old English
- geocian Old English
- ġeoc Old English
- युग Sanskrit
- योग Sanskrit
- योगिन् Sanskrit
- yok Middle English
- yoke Middle English
- ȝoke Middle English
- ȝoken Middle English
- ok Old Norse
- *jьgo Proto-Slavic
- joh Old High German
- 𐌾𐌿𐌺 Gothic
- *juk Old Dutch
- *yugom Proto-Celtic
- *yugám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- juk Old Saxon
- *jugom Proto-Italic
- *juga- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *jū́ˀga Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *dzugón Proto-Hellenic
- *uɣ- Proto-Kartvelian
- 𒄿𒌑𒃷 Hittite
- yokäm Tocharian A