Where does “Joer” come from?

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

Joer (Luxembourgish): year

Definitions

  1. year

Ancestry of “Joer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Joer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jērą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jār →