Etymograph

English

jouk

Jouk comes from Scots jouk.

  1. Scotsc. 1450–presentjouk1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1739jouk1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English jouk
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1739, Alexander Nicol, Edinburgh: […] P. Matthie: “[H]e can pray, and tell long Scrifts of Greek,…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Scotsc. 1450–presentjoukWiktionary, English jouk
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1739joukWiktionary, English jouk. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1739, Alexander Nicol, Edinburgh: […] P. Matthie: “[H]e can pray, and tell long Scrifts of Greek,…”

Linked words

through Scots jouk

juke

Today it means

verb To evade, to dodge, to duck; also, to swerve.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “jouk”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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