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...

Definitions

  1. The anniversary of a person's death, usually a...

Ancestry of “yahrzeit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishיאָרצײַטyahrzeit
2Middle High Germanjārzītanniversary; anniversary; Christian commemoration...
3Middle High Germanjāryear
4Old High Germanjāryear
5Proto-West Germanicjāryear
6Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jērą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jār →