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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
YOKE.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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YOKE,
the frame of wood joining oxen for drawing, a similar frame for carrying pails,
a mark of servitude, a pair. (E.) M.E. ȝok, yok, Chaucer, C.
T. 7089.—A.S. geoc, gioc, ioc, a yoke; Grein, i. 497. + Du.
juk. + Icel. ok. + Dan. aag. + Swed. ok. + Goth. juk. + G.
joch, O.H.G. joh. + W. iau. + Lat.
iugum (whence Ital. giogo, Span. yogo, F. joug). + Russ.
igo. + Lithuan. jungas.
+ Gk. ζυγόν. + Skt.
yuga, a yoke, pair, couple. β. All from the
Aryan type YUGA (Teut. YUKA), a yoke; lit. 'that which joins.'—✔YUG
(Teut. YUK), to join; see Join.
Der. yoke, verb, Two Gent. i. 1. 40; yoke-fellow, companion, K. Lear, iii. 6. 39.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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