Etymology of Yo-Yo

[Geoff Wade]

Chris,

Suggest you try an Ilocano speaker or dictionary.

best,

geoff wade



At 04:40 AM 8/1/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello fellow ANLANG listers,
>
>I hope this is an appropriate topic for this list. I've always wondered which
>Philippine language "yo-yo" comes from since it's certainly not Tagalog; or
>at least the variety of Tagalog I know!
>
>In any case, I've attached a message below which appeared in a discussion
>group I'm on.
>
>Thanks,
>
>--Chris Sundita
>http://home.san.rr.com/bikol
>
>A site visitor sent this query about the origin of the term "yo-yo", a
>popular toy the origin of which is traced back to Filipinos. I have no doubt
>that it is an invention from the Philippines because way back in 1989 or
>1990, I read an interesting article from New York Times while I was studying
>at Cornell University that traced the history of yo-yo to Filipinos who
>migrated to America in the early 1900s and introduced the toy, which became a
>hit.
>
>Anyway, here is the query:
>
>I read an article about the invention of yo-yo, and the article stated:
>
>" In 1916, the Scientific American Supplement, in an article called 'Filipino
>toys,' called the spinning disks a 'yo-yo.' The term is Tagalog (the main
>language of in the Philippines) for 'come-come' or 'come back'."
>
>I was just wondering if this information is correct because I thought that
>balik was the Tagalog word for come back."
>
>Thanks for your help
>
>-- Noel m