Etymograph

English

yote

Yote comes from Middle English yoten ‘to pour’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-1‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*geutaną1‘to pour’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*geutan1‘to pour’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150ġēotan1‘to pour’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500yoten1‘to pour’
  6. Englishtodayyote1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English yote

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-Wiktionary, English yote‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*geutanąWiktionary, English yote‘to pour’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*geutanWiktionary, English yote‘to pour’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150ġēotanWiktionary, English yote‘to pour’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500yotenWiktionary, English yote‘to pour’
  6. EnglishtodayyoteWiktionary, English yote

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’

founder, refuse, confusion, fusion, gut, refund, font, confuse, fuse, funnel, foundry, confound, fondue, effusive, 46 more

through Old English ġēotan ‘to pour’

yet, 1 more

Today it means

verb To pour water on; pour in.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “yote”. 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.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- / yote

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