Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jā
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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ja.
Particle
*jā[1]
Descendants
- Old English: ġēa, iā; ġē
- Old Frisian: jē, gē; jā, jē, jō
- Old Saxon: jā, giā; ge, gi, gie, gia
- Old Dutch: jā
- Old High German: jā
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 216: “PWGmc *jā”