Staff Y of the English Wordbook.
Basic abbreviations:
- OE = Old English
- ME = Middle English
- SC = Scots
- WF = West Frish
- NF = North Frish
- SF = Saterlandish Frish
- WLG = West Low Theech
- ELG = East Low Theech
- NL = Netherlandish
- NHG = New High Theech
- IC = Icelandish
- HIC = High Icelandish
- NO = Nornish
- SW = Swedish
- DN = Danish
- MLG = Middle Low Theech
- MNL = Middle Netherlandish
- MHG = Middle High Theech
- OF = Old Frish
- OS = Old Saxish
- OHG = Old High Theech
- ON = Old Norse
- GO = Gottish
- PWG = Or-West-Theedish
- PG = Or-Theedish
For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Offshortenings.
| Chancery English | Class | Anglish/English | ||
| Attested | Unattested | |||
| yahoo | n | - | dimwit, lout, loggerhead | |
| Yahweh | n | God, Lord | - | |
| yak | n | - | shaggy-ox | |
| yam | n | - | sweet potato: sweet earthapple (cf. NHG sußkartoffel)
wild earthapple | |
| yeti | n | snowman | Snowdwell(er), runewight | |
| Yggdrasil | n | - | Eytreesile [Ey+tree+sile] (<ON Yggdrasil) | |
| yogurt | n | - | milkbrew (<OE meolcbrīw) | |
| York | n | - | Everwick | |
| Yorkshire | n | - | Everwickshire | |
| yo-yo | n | - | reelstringer | |
| Yugoslavia | n | - | Southslavland | |