köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yewg- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *yugtós Proto-Indo-Iranian *yuktás Proto-Iranian *yuxtáh Middle Persian [script needed] (ywht /ǰuxt/) Persian جفت From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ywht /ǰuxt/), from Proto-Iranian *yuxtáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yuktás, from Proto-Indo-European *yugtós. Doublet of یوغ (yuġ) and زوج (zowj).
couple, pair · married or in romantic liaison, or acting together (of people) · yoke (ie a pair of animals tied together for ploughing)
çekim: çoğul ζευγάρια · tamlayan ζευγαριού
eş: ζεύγος
köken: From Byzantine Greek ζευγάρι (zeugári), ζευγάριν (zeugárin), from ζευγάριον (zeugárion), diminutive of Ancient Greek ζεῦγος (zeûgos). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, tie together”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yewg- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *yugtós Sanskrit युक्त (yukta) Prakrit 𑀚𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (jutta)denom. Prakrit 𑀚𑁄𑀟𑁂𑀇 (joḍei)deverb. Prakrit 𑀚𑁄𑀟 (joḍa) Hindi जोड़ा Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑁄𑀟 (joḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-); see there for more. Cognate with Marathi जोडा (j̈oḍā).
köken: Unclear. A traditional reconstruction is Proto-Indo-European *perh₂- (“to exchange, sell”), comparing Ancient Greek πέρνημι (pérnēmi) etc. and Lithuanian pirkti; but this accounts badly for the /a(ː)/. De Vaan suggests *peh₂s- (“to watch (over), see?”), linking Latin pāreō. All possibilities nonetheless suffer semantic problems. Others refrain from assigning an Indo-European root. If Umbrian pars…