English
Yorick
Yorick may come from Danish Jørg.
- DanishmodernJørguncertain
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602Yorick
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- DanishmodernJørguncertain
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602Yorick
Earliest quotation: c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: “Alas poore Yorick, I knew him Horatio, a fellow…”
Every English word from Danish Jørg
Today it means
name A male given name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Danish Jørg / Yorick