Where does “yearer” come from?
yearer (English) comes from English year, from Middle English yeer, from Old English ġēar, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.
yearer (English): A period of a certain number of years
Definitions
- A period of a certain number of years
Ancestry of “yearer”, step by step
yearer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English year
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | year | A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to... |
| 2 | Middle English | yeer | year |
| 3 | Old English | ġēar | year |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |