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

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