It seems to me that "tja" is more a typo for "ja" than a word by its own.
I have looked in a number of websites, the only satisfying one was Wiktionary but it has nothing about its etymology as a German word.
How did the word "tja" originate?
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"tja" is an interjection (Interjektion). Like "oh", "ah" or "pst". I wouldn't consider it as a word which has developed from something. You could also say "nun ja", but what does that really mean? Just filling words or a filling sound to bridge the silence till your thoughts caught up. I doubt it originated from a typo, because it is used mainly in spoken German. It get from there into the literary language. And it sounds better as "uhm" "ähm" or "äh", but fulfills the same purpose. |
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"Tja" is more than a typo for "ja", Like when somebody lost her mobile:
You can't put in "ja" there. Mostly used when expressing "Schicksal/Kismet" |
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My opinion: tja = shortened 'Du, ja', whereas both 'du' (= you) and 'ja' (= yes) are used as stresses. For example:
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