ja

Faroese

/jɛaː/

adv

Definitions

yes

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse já (yes) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ja (yes, so, thus).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*ja

Gloss

yes, so, thus

Concept

Semantic Field

Cognition

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Emoji

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*yē Proto-Indo-European
*yē, *Hyós Proto-Indo-European
ja Norwegian Bokmål
*ja Proto-Germanic
ja Swedish
ja Norwegian Nynorsk
ġēa Old English
já Old Norse
ja Danish
ja Old High German
ja, jā Old High German
𐌾𐌰 Gothic
*jā gmw-pro
jah Estonian
*jā Old Dutch
jaa Old Swedish