Etymology of Yo-Yo (LENGTHY)

[Olli Salmi]

Very interesting. The Swedish Academy believes that the word is originally
French, joujou, joujou de Normandie. Joujou is first attested in 1837 and
the spelling sjusju in 1878--1879. Here's the entry:
http://g3.spraakdata.gu.se/osa/show.phtml?filenr=1/110/28080.html

Olli Salmi

At 16:15 +0300 1.8.2002, Jim Rader wrote:
>Our files have some material on <<yo-yo>, but nothing conclusive.  Beware
>that
>the following contains a fair quantity of material on yo-yo history, so if
>you're not
>interested, exit and delete this message...but I would love it if some
>ANLANGers could shed light on the etymology