Yoke Definition
Origin of Yoke
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From Old English Ä¡eoc, from Proto-Germanic *jukÄ…, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. Cognate with West Frisian jok, Dutch juk, German Joch, Danish Ã¥g, Swedish ok, Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌺 (juk), Latin iugum (English jugular), Greek ζυγός (zugós, “yoke"), Sanskrit युग (yugá, “yoke, team"), Old Church Slavonic иго (igo) (Russian иго (igo)), Persian یوغ (yuÄŸ). Compare yoga.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English geoc yeug- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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