English
yot
Yot comes from Greek γιοτ ‘Yot, the uncommon Greek letter ϳ’, and goes back to Proto-Semitic *yad- ‘hand’.
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*yad-‘hand’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἰῶτα‘iota, the name for the ninth letter Ι (I), ι (i) of the Ancient Greek alphabet’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiota
- Germanc. 1650–presentJot
- Greek1453–presentγιοτgiot‘Yot, the uncommon Greek letter ϳ’
- Englishtodayyot
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*yad-‘hand’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἰῶτα‘iota, the name for the ninth letter Ι (I), ι (i) of the Ancient Greek alphabet’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiota
- Germanc. 1650–presentJot
- Greek1453–presentγιοτgiot‘Yot, the uncommon Greek letter ϳ’
- Englishtodayyot
Linked words
through Proto-Semitic *yad- ‘hand’
through Ancient Greek ἰῶτα ‘iota, the name for the ninth letter Ι (I), ι…’
through Latin iota
Another origin of yot
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-‘to pour’root as named
- English1500–presentyote‘to melt, weld’uncertain
- Englishtodayyot
Today it means
noun The letter Ϳϳ, an uncommon variant of Jj used in Greek linguistics.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Semitic *yad- / yot