Etymograph

English

Yassa

Yassa comes from Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ ‘rule, statute’.

  1. Middle Mongolmodernᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭǰasaɣ‘rule, statute’
  2. EnglishtodayYassa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Mongolmodernᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭǰasaɣ‘rule, statute’
  2. EnglishtodayYassa

Today it means

name The unpublished legal code attributed to Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol empire.

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

Etymograph / Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ / Yassa