Talk:yoke

Cognates section?

It would be great in Wiktionary to have a 'cognates' section with each English word. Cognates are fascinating and illuminating. For example 'commander' in French means to order something - as in a menu item - and 'peripatetique' is slang for a prostitute. The word 'tractor' in English comes originally from 'trekkein' meaning 'to pull' in Greek. Cognates and related words include 'trek' (as in the 'Great Trek') and 'stretch.'I see a cognate of 'yoke' with the German word 'zug' meaning train, though I may well be wrong.

"A hundred yoke of oxen"

The entry says yokes is its plural , yet "A hundred yoke of oxen" --Backinstadiums (talk) 22:08, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

categorized senses

Oh, the creativity... DAVilla 14:46, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

@DAVilla: ? — SGconlaw (talk) 15:48, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

"Senses relating to a frame around the neck" / "a pair of harnessed draught animals" / "quantities, and other extended uses." DAVilla 18:41, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

@DAVilla: actually I used the OED as a guide. I didn't make them up. — SGconlaw (talk) 18:43, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't realize they did that. Well it's a bit different is all. DAVilla 19:28, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Bell sense outside of US

Here the bell sense is labeled as "chiefly US", but no information seems to be given on what it is called elsewhere. Catonif (talk) 00:13, 10 December 2022 (UTC)