Where does “yahrzeit” come from?
yahrzeit (English) comes from Yiddish יאָרצײַט, from Middle High German jārzīt, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.
yahrzeit (English): The anniversary of a person's death, usually a...
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Ancestry of “yahrzeit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | יאָרצײַט | yahrzeit |
| 2 | Middle High German | jārzīt | anniversary; anniversary; Christian commemoration... |
| 3 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 4 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |