ja
Swedish
/jɑː/, /jɑː/, /jɑː/
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
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- yea English
- yea-forsooth English
- yeasay English
- jaa Finnish
- jaa-ääni Finnish
- *yē Proto-Indo-European
- *yē, *Hyós Proto-Indo-European
- ja Norwegian Bokmål
- *ja Proto-Germanic
- ja-sägare Swedish
- nå Swedish
- nåja Swedish
- säga Swedish
- ja Norwegian Nynorsk
- ġēa Old English
- ye Middle English
- já Old Norse
- ja Danish
- ja Old High German
- ja, jā Old High German
- ja Faroese
- 𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- *jā gmw-pro
- jah Estonian
- *jā Old Dutch
- ja Alemannic German
- jaa Old Swedish