Where does “Joerhonnert” come from?

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

Joerhonnert (Luxembourgish): century

Definitions

  1. century

Ancestry of “Joerhonnert”, step by step

Joerhonnert traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Joer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishJoeryear
2Old High Germanjāryear
3Proto-West Germanicjāryear
4Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

via Luxembourgish Honnert

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishHonnertthe number 100
2Proto-Germanichundaradąa great hundred; a hundred
3Proto-Germanichundąa great hundred; a hundred
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jērą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jār →