Proto-Indo-European

*yewg-

‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *yewg-.

57 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *yewg-, most familiar first.

• join ← joinen ← joindre ← iungō
• joint ← joynt ← iūnctus
• yoga ← योग ← *yáwgas ← *yáwgas ← *yéwg-o-s
• junction ← iūnctiō ← iungō ← *jungō ← *yunégti ~ *yungénti
• conjunction ← conjonction ← coniūnctiō ← coniungō ← iungō
• injunction ← iniunccyon ← injonctïon ← iniūnctiō
• adjunct ← adiunctus ← adiungō ← iungō ← *jungō
• rejoin ← rejoynen
• yogi ← योगी ← योगिन् ← *yugóm
• jodi ← जोड़ी ← 𑀚𑁄𑀟 ← 𑀚𑁄𑀟𑁂𑀇 ← 𑀚𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢
• yoke ← iuc ← ġeoc ← *juk ← *juką
• juncture ← iūnctūra ← iungō ← *jungō ← *yunégti

More words from *yewg-

• conjugate
• jugular
• conjugation
• joiner
• disjoint
• subjugate
• zygote
• adjoint
• yojana
• disjunction
• rejoinder
• enjoin
• yuga
• adjoin
• conjunctival
• zygon
• yogini
• syzygy
• jointure
• ayuntamiento
• adjunction
• biga
• jugaad
• zeugma
• azygos
• zygoma
• zygomaticus
• jugate
• disjoin
• diezeugmenon
• iniunctum
• jougs
• jugulate
• jument
• jugerum
• jumart
• jugulation
• jutti
• jugaadu
• yugada
• zeugitae
• zeuglodon
• zeuxite
• zygapophysis
• zygonic

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yewg-