Where does “Fruahjåar” come from?

Fruahjåar (Bavarian) comes from Bavarian Jåar, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.

Fruahjåar (Bavarian): spring

Definitions

  1. spring

Ancestry of “Fruahjåar”, step by step

Fruahjåar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bavarian Jåar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BavarianJåaryear
2Old High Germanjāryear
3Proto-West Germanicjāryear
4Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

via Bavarian fruah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bavarianfruahearly
2Old High Germanfruoiid
3Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jērą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jār →