Where does “jâer” come from?

jâer (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.

jâer (Middle Dutch): year one cycle of the seasons

Definitions

  1. year one cycle of the seasons

Ancestry of “jâer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “jâer”

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