Etymograph

English

JA

JA comes from German Junge ‘Junge Alternative für Deutschland’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentJungeas JA‘Junge Alternative für Deutschland’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023JA

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentJungeas JA‘Junge Alternative für Deutschland’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023JA

Earliest quotation: 2023, Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno: “In a statement in April, the intelligence agency deemed…”

Today it means

name Young Alternative for Germany.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / German Junge / JA