köken: From Middle Mongol [script needed] (qadaɣa), [script needed] (qadaɣala), itself a borrowing from Turkic, compare Old Turkic [script needed] (qadaɣla, “to guard, protect”), a derivation of Old Turkic [script needed] (qadaɣ). Possibly ultimately a derivation of Proto-Turkic *kād-, whence also Azerbaijani qayğı (“care”). Cognate with Turkish kadağa. Compare Persian قدغن, Georgian ყადაღა (q̇adaɣa),…
köken: Inherited from Chagatai یوق (ywq /yōq/), from Proto-Common Turkic *yōq, from Proto-Turkic *yōk (“no; is not, there is not”). Cognate with Uyghur يوق / yoq / йоқ (yoq); Turkmen ýōk, Azerbaijani yox, Turkish yok; Old Turkic 𐰖𐰸 (y¹q̊¹ /yoq/, “no; is not, there is not”); etc.
yes (in response to negative questions), disagree · Response to words of gratitude.
eş: ううん
zıt: はい, うん
köken: /ina/ → /ija/ → /ije/ → /iːe/ First cited to the late 1600s. Shift from いや (iya), from even earlier 否 (ina). While いや (iya) was broadly used in the Muromachi period, in the Edo period, いや (iya) shifted to use mainly in informal or more intimate contexts, while いいえ (īe) was used in more formal or polite contexts. いや (iya) is still in use, including broader senses not included for いいえ (īe).
The negative verb or negation verb; not, be not, do not, etc.
köken: The indicative forms are from Proto-Finnic *e-, from Proto-Uralic *e- ~ *ä- ~ *a- (negative verb stem). The imperative forms are from Proto-Finnic *älä-, from the Proto-Finno-Ugric negative imperative verb stem *älä- ~ *elä-. Details and cognates Noteworthy forms include eivät (replacing earlier evät by influence from the third-person singular ei). For more forms, see the Proto-Finnic and…
aile: ehkei, ehtyä, ei-, ei lainkaan, ei ollenkaan, eih, eikä, eiköhän, eittämättä, eittää
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne Proto-Slavic *ne Old Czech ne Czech ne Inherited from Old Czech ne, from Proto-Slavic *ne.
köken: From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ne (“no, not”). In the Ob-Ugric languages, it has been used only in pronominal forms such as Northern Mansi нэ̄матыр (nè̄matyr, “nothing”), нэ̄мхо̄т (nè̄mhōt, “nowhere”), нэ̄мхуньт (nè̄mhunʹt, “never”) (Sosva) and Northern Khanty нємхуйат (nêmhujat, “nobody”) (Kazym) or нємәԓхуйат (nêməłhujat)/нємәԯхуйат (nêməłhujat) etc.