English
jouk
Jouk comes from Scots jouk.
- Scotsc. 1450–presentjouk
- Englishearliest quotation 1739same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Scotsc. 1450–presentjouk
- Englishearliest quotation 1739same form
Earliest quotation: 1739, Alexander Nicol, Edinburgh: […] P. Matthie: “[H]e can pray, and tell long Scrifts of Greek,…”
Linked words
through Scots jouk
Today it means
verb To evade, to dodge, to duck; also, to swerve.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scots jouk / jouk