Etymograph

English

Soja

Soja comes from Polish sójka ‘Eurasian jay’, from Proto-Slavic *sojь ‘shaded’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱéh₃-yo-s.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ḱéh₃-yo-sreconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*śájasreconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*sojь‘shaded’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*sojaas *sojьka‘jay’reconstructed
  5. Old Polishmodernsojka
  6. Polishmodernsójka‘Eurasian jay’
  7. Polish, derivedmodernSoja
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ḱéh₃-yo-sreconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*śájasreconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*sojь‘shaded’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*sojaas *sojьka‘jay’reconstructed
  5. Old Polishmodernsojka
  6. Polishmodernsójka‘Eurasian jay’
  7. Polish, derivedmodernSoja
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱéh₃-yo-s

Today it means

name A surname from Polish.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱéh₃-yo-s / Soja

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