ies

Pronunciation: /ˈie̯s/

“ies” is a Finnish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

yoke (bar or frame by which two draught animals are joined at their necks)
yoke, restraint, burden, load; repression, slavery, oppression, persecution, tyranny

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *iges, borrowed from Proto-Slavic *jьgo (gen. *jьga, *jьžese; compare Old East Slavic иго (igo), gen. ига (iga), *ижесе (*ižese)), from earlier *jъgo (gen. *jъga, *jъgese), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *juga-, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

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