Staff Y of the English Wordbook.
Tongueshortenings:
- NE = New English
- ENE = Early New English
- ME = Middle English
- OE = Old English
- SC = Scots
- WF = West Frish
- NF = North Frish
- SF = Saterlandish Frish
- WO = Wangeroogish
- WLG = West Low Thetch
- EFLS = East Frish Low Saxish
- ELG = East Low Thetch
- NL = Netherlandish
- AF = Afrikaans
- NHG = New High Thetch
- IL = Icelandish
- HIL = High Icelandish
- FO = Faroish
- NO = Nornish
- SW = Swedish
- DN = Danish
- MLG = Middle Low Thetch
- MNL = Middle Netherlandish
- MHG = Middle High Thetch
- OF = Old Frish
- OS = Old Saxish
- OHG = Old High Thetch
- ON = Old Norse
- GO = Gottish
- PWG = Or-West-Theedish
- PG = Or-Theedish
Other shortenings:
- [ᛣ] = Loanwend
- [ᚹ] = Widened meaning given to a word for the sake of Anglish
- [ᛏ] = Transitive
- [ᚾ] = Intransitive
- [ᚩ] = Old and dead meaning of a living word
For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Offshortenings.
| Chancery English | Class | Anglish/English | ||
| Attested | Unattested | |||
| yacht (<NL) | n | - | woathship (<OE wāþ "hunt, hunting") | |
| yahoo | n | dimwit, lout, loggerhead | - | |
| yak | n | - | shaggy-ox | |
| yam | n | - | sweet potato: sweet earthapple/earthpear, wild earthapple/earthpear | |
| yeti | n | snowman | Snowdwell(er), runewight, snow-wight | |
| Yggdrasil | n(p) | - | Eytreesile [Ey+tree+sile] (<ON Yggdrasil) | |
| YMCA | n | - | YMCF (Young Men's Christen Fellowship) | |
| yoga | n | - | bend-yoke, still-yoke, still workout, bending workout | |
| York (<ON) | n(p) | - | Everwich (<ME Everwich), Everwigh | |
| Yorkshire (<ON) | n(p) | - | Everwichshire (<OE Eoforwīcscīr), Everwighshire | |
| yo-yo | n | - | reelstringer | |
| Yugoslavia | n(p) | - | Southslavland, South Windland | |