Where does “hjara” come from?

hjara (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hjara, from Proto-Germanic herzô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱerd-.

hjara (Icelandic): hinge; to vegetate; inflection of hjari: ##...

Definitions

  1. hinge; to vegetate; inflection of hjari: ##...

Ancestry of “hjara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehjarahinge
2Proto-Germanicherzôhinge, door-hinge
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱerd-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱerd-Every word from Proto-Germanic herzôEvery word from Old Norse hjara