Masculine

jugo

Meaning

(masculine) yoke
(figuratively, masculine) something which represses or restrains someone

Koppelung

zi’ɣos

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʒu.ɡu/

Inherited from Latin

jugum

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese jugo, from Latin jugum, iugum, from Proto-Italic *jugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. The preservation of the -u- was likely due to metaphony.

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