From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-<span class="searchmatch">Iranian</span> *<span class="searchmatch">yugám</span> (compare Sanskrit युग (yugá)), from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *yugóm. *<span class="searchmatch">yugám</span> yoke *yáwgah (“yoke”) (< PII *yáwgas) yūɣ Yzh, sh...