English
yoga
Yoga comes from Sanskrit योग ‘yoking, union’, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas ‘team, yoke’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-‘to join’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*yéwg-o-sreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*yáwgas‘team’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*yáwgasreconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEयोगyóga‘yoking’
- Englishearliest quotation 1979yoga
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-‘to join’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*yéwg-o-sreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*yáwgas‘team’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*yáwgasreconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEयोगyóga‘yoking’
- Englishearliest quotation 1979yoga
Earliest quotation: 1979, Rupert Holmes, Escape (The Piña Colada Song): “If you're not into yoga / If you have…”
Linked words
pairs
- yoga and yoke both from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, yoke’
through Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join’
join, junction, adjunct, jodi, juncture, jugular, conjugate, conjugation, yogi, zygote, subjugate, yojana, yuga, 42 more
Another origin of yoga
- Chamorromodernyoga
- Englishtodayyoga
Today it means
noun Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yewg- / yoga