Jodler
/ˈjoːdlɐ/noun
A person who yodels; also a yodel song or style, especially in German-speaking Alpine traditions.
Did you know?Jodler comes from the verb *jodeln*, and yodeling was historically used in Alpine regions as a practical long-distance signal before it became a folk performance tradition.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*jōdaną
“to shout or sing out”
Middle High German
MHG
jodeln
“to sing with rapid changes between chest voice and falsetto”
Early Modern German
German
Jodler
“a yodeler; a yodel song”
19th Century
English
yodel
“to sing in the Alpine style with quick alternation of vocal registers”
Modern English
English
yodeler
“a person who yodels”