YOKE

English word "join" is related to "yoke" because both of those words come from the same root. They are also connected to a process or an idea of joining two animals together with a piece of wood and then using them for ploughing.

What is even more interesting is that the word "Yoga" also comes from this idea.

IUK- IUG-

Hittite: iukan, iūk-, ^(GIŠ)iuka-

Old Saxon: juk

Gothic: 𐌾𐌿𐌺 (juk), 𐌾𐌿𐌺𐌿𐌶𐌹 (jukuzi)

Saterland Frisian: Juk

West Frisian: jûk

Middle Low German: juk

Middle Dutch: juc

Dutch: juk

Kurdish: cûk (ǰūk)

Bulgarian: югавица (jugavica)

Latvian: jugs

Latvian: jugt ("to join together")

Manichaean: ywg (juğ)

Middle Persian: ywg (juğ)

Latin: iugum

Bengali: যুগ (jug)

Persian: یوغ‎ (yuğ)

Hindi: युग (yug)

Marathi: युग (yug)

Sanskrit: युग (yugá)

Spanish: yugo

Telugu: yugamu

English: jugular

Old French: jug

Portuguese: jugo

Romanian: jug

Kashubian: jugò

Gaulish: ver-iugus

Slovincian: jugo

LUC-

Old Armenian: լուծ (luc)

Armenian: լուծ (luc)

-UK- -UG-

Old Swedish: uk

Gutnish: uk

Elfdalian: uok

Ancient Greek: δυγός (dugós)

Ancient Greek: ζυγόν (zugón)

Ancient Greek: ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi)

• to yoke, saddle, bridle a beast of burden = horses, cattle, mules
• to get a chariot ready
• to have one's beasts yoked
• to fasten tightly
• to join in wedlock
• to build a bridge from bank to bank
• to furnish ships with crossbenches
• to pair gladiators

Ancient Greek: ζυγός (zugós)

Greek: ζυγός (zygós)

Assamese: যোগ (züg) ("meditation, yoga")

ZU-

Konkani: जु (zu)

French: joug (ju, žu)

Pashto: جوغ‎ (źuǧ)

JU-

Avestan: yuua (found only in compounds)

Younger Avestan: yujiieiti‎ ("to yoke, harness")

Kalasha: ǰu

Torwali: يو‎ (yū)

Maharastri Prakrit: jua

Marathi: जुंव (juuv), जुवाली (juvālī)

Hindi: जूआ (jūā)

Nepali: जुवा (juwā)

Urdu: جوا‎ (jūā)

Aromanian: giug

Romansh: giuf

Sicilian: giugu, jugu, juvu

Sardinian: giú, giubu, giuu, giuvu, yuu

IUH-

Czech: juhana

Old High German: jūh

Middle High German: jiuch

IUNG-

Lithuanian: jungas

Lithuanian: jungti ("to join together")

Latin: iungo ("I join")

Portuguese: junguir, jungir, juntar ("to join")

Sanskrit: युनक्ति (yunakti), युन्जन्ति (yunjanti) ("to yoke, harness, join")

-UN- -UM-

Italian: giungere, giuntare ("to join")

Spanish: juntar, uncir, juncer, junger ("to join")

Sicilian: jùnciri ("to join")

Catalan: junyir, júnyer ("to join")

Pali: yuñjati ("to yoke, harness")

Asturian: xuncir, xuntar ("to join")

Maharastri Prakrit: juṃjaï ("to yoke, harness")

Marathi: जुंपणे (jumpṇe) ("to yoke, make work")

Galician: xunguir, xuntar ("to join")

-ING-

Old Irish: cuing

Irish: cuing

Manx: quing

Scottish Gaelic: cuing ("yoke, bond, obligation, restraint, hinderance, stoppage, captivity, strait, difficulty")

IG- IK-

---> Estonian: ike

Old Church Slavonic: иго ⰹⰳⱁ (igo)

Macedonian: иго (igo)

Serbo-Croatian: и́го, igo, jìgo, Ig

Old East Slavic: иго (igo)

Russian: и́го (igo)

Bulgarian: и́го (igo), иг (ig)

Polish: igo, Igołomia

Slovene: igọ̑, jigo, jəhû, igev

Kashubian: jigò, jigoe, jigø

Slovincian: vjīgɵ, i̯igᵘó

IH-

Belarusian: і́га (iha)

Ukrainian: і́го (iho), и́́го (ý́ho)

Czech: jho

Old Slovak: jho

Slovak: jho

IOK- IOG-

---> Chinese: 瑜伽 (MC jɨo ɡɨɑ) ("physical, mental, and spiritual practice or discipline")

Old English: ioc, ġioc, ġeoc

Middle English: ȝok, yok

Scots: ȝok, ȝoke, ȝock, ȝocke, yok, yoke

English: yoke

West Frisian: jok

Middle Dutch: joc

Middle Low German: jok

Low German: Jok, Jog

Persian: جغ‎ (joğ)

Sanskrit: योग (yóga, yauga)

• the act of yoking, joining, attaching, harnessing, putting to (of horses)
• any junction, union, combination, contact with
• mixing of various materials, mixture
• connection, relation
• application or concentration of the thoughts, abstract contemplation, meditation
• the union of soul with matter
• the connection of a word with its root, original or etymological meaning
• equipping or arraying

Pali: yoga ("meditation, yoga")

Bengali: যোগ (jog) ("meditation, yoga")

Gujarati: યોગ (yog) ("meditation, yoga")

Hindi: योग (yog) ("meditation, yoga")

Konkani: योग (yog) ("meditation, yoga")

Marathi: योग (yog) ("meditation, yoga")

Tamil: யோகா (yōkā) ("meditation, yoga")

Telugu: yōgā ("meditation, yoga")

Punjabi: ਯੋਗ (yog) ("meditation, yoga")

OK- OG-

Old Norse: ok

Icelandic: ok

Faroese: ok

Norwegian: åk

Old Swedish: ok

Swedish: ok

Danish: åg

Norwegian Nynorsk: øyk ("draft animal")

Norwegian Bokmål: øyk, øk ("draft animal")

Helsingian: ök ("draft animal")

Old Swedish: øker, øk ("draft animal")

Swedish: ök ("draft animal")

Old Danish: øk, øgh ("draft animal")

Scanian: ǿg ("draft animal")

Danish: øg ("draft animal")

IOH-

Old High German: joh

Middle High German: joch

German: Joch

Plautdietsch: Joch

IAH-

Luxembourgish: Jach

IEU- IEV-

Middle Breton: yeu

Cornish: yew

Breton: yev

IES-

---> Finnish: ies

---> Ingrian: iez

IEG-

Polabian: jeiǧǘ, jeigü

IEO-

Middle Breton: ieo

JO-

Italian: giogo (dʒoɡo, džiogo)

Occitan: jo

Friulian: jôf, jôv

Catalan: jou

English: join

French: joindre, jointer ("to join")

Ladin: jonjer ("to join")

Occitan: jónher ("to join")

Old Welsh: iou

Bengali: জোয়াল (joyal)

-ON-

Friulian: zontâ ("to join")

Venetian: xónxer, xontar (zonzer, zontar) ("to join")

Galician: xoncer ("to join")

OtHer

Welsh: iau

Pashto: جغ‎ (źëǧ, juǧ), ځغ‎ (źeǧ), زغ‎ (zëǧ)

Dalmatian: zaug

Aragonese: chubo

Galician: xugo

Asturian: xugu

Walloon: djeu

Venetian: dóvo, dógo, xóo, dóo

Old Norse: eykr ("draft animal")

Westrobothnian: auk ("draft animal")

Article created on the 7th of November 2018.