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Iso   astray’).   ',, ‘erring, erroneous opinion, maze,’ from  irresal,  and  ( *airzisl;  -isal is a suffix; see ).   ', , ‘hyssop,’ from the  early   isôpe (îsǒpe, ispe); derived like  isópo from  hysôpum, late  ὕτσωπος, which is of Oriental origin.   , - from  Jizchâck, ‘Isaac.’

   ,, ‘yes,’ from the  and  jâ (for jă); corresponding to  ja, ‘yes,’ also jai, ‘truly, forsooth,’  ja,  geâ, also gese (for gê-swâ, ‘yes, thus’), whence  yea and yes. Allied also to ἢ, ‘forsooth,’ and  jëhan, ‘to acknowledge, confess’ (see ). ja is derived from. ', ', ‘precipitate, hasty,’ allied to.  ,, ‘yacht, sloop,’ only, formed from the   jagt (  yacht), which is usually connected with , and even to.   ,, ‘jacket,’ first occurs in early (15th ), formed from the   jaque, whence also  jacket; the derivation of  jaque ( giaco) from  is quite uncertain.   ',, ‘chase, hunt, hunting-party,’ from the  jaget,  (and ),  *jagot, ; a verbal abstract of ', ‘to hunt, chase’ (from the   jagen,  jagôn,  ), which does not occur in , , , or. The connection of this specifically word with  διώκω is dubious, and so too its kinship with  ἀξηχής, ‘unceasing,’ and  yahú, ‘restless.’ — <section end="Jagd" /> <section begin="Jäger" /> , ‘huntsman, sportsman,’ is the  jęger, jęgere,  *jageri (jagâri). <section end="Jäger" /> <section begin="jäh" /> ', ',, ‘steep, precipitous, hasty,’ from gœhe (also gâch),  gâhi, , ‘quick, suddenly, impetuous’; a specifically  word (with a  initial j for g as in ;  also  with ). From this gai, ‘gay,’ is borrowed. Its connection. with, (see ), is impossible. is, on the other hand, allied to it. <section end="jäh" /> <section begin="Jahn" /> ,, ‘swath,’ first found in early , yet undoubtedly a genuine word, existing throughout South Germany ( *jân), and also appearing in   as ån. In Swiss  means ‘passage (formed by a swath)' Hence  the word is a derivative of the Aryan root yê, or rather ĭ, ‘to go,’ with which  iddja, ‘went’ ( yâ, ‘to go’), is connected. See and. <section end="Jahn" /> <section begin="Jahr" /> ,, ‘year,’ from the  and  jâr, ; a common  term;   jêr,  ár,  geâr,  year,  jaar,  jâr (gêr), , ‘year.’ The  meaning of the word, which also appears in , seems to be ‘spring,’ as is indicated by the  cognate jarŭ, ‘spring’;  also  ὥρα, ‘season, spring, year,’ and ὥρος, ‘year,’ so too Zend yâre, ‘year’; in  a similar term is wanting (  and ). For the change of meaning see the history of the word. <section end="Jahr" /> <section begin="Jammer" /> ,, ‘sorrow, grief, wailing,’ from the  jâmer,  jâmar,  and ;  a   used as a ,  jâmar, ‘mournful’ (hence , ‘that which is mournful’); in  and  the  only exists,   jâmar,  geômor, ‘paiuful, mournful.’ The origin of this word, which is unknown to  ( *jêmrs), is obscure. <section end="Jammer" /> <section begin="Jänner" /> ,, ‘January,’ from the early  jęnner, ; from the  januarius,  jenuario ( *jęnneri, , is wanting, perhaps only by chance). <section end="Jänner" /> ,, ‘to gape, pant,’ only,  ;   gapen, ‘to gape,’ under. <section begin="jäten" /> , see. <section end="jäten" /> <section begin="Jauche" /> ,, ‘filthy liquid, first occurs in early , introduced into from a  and  variant, jûche. It is based on a word for ‘broth, soup,’ which deteriorated in sense when borrowed; e.g.  jucha, ‘broth’ (cognate with  jûs,  yûšan, ‘broth’). <section end="Jauche" /> <section begin="Jauchert" /> ', ',, from the  jûchert, late  juhhart (û?), , ‘acre’; the  and  word for the  and. The usual derivation from jûgerum, ‘acre of land’  <section end="Jauchert" />