Where does “ȝeare” come from?

ȝeare (Middle English) comes from Old English ġeāra, from Proto-Germanic jērǫ̂, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.

Ancestry of “ȝeare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġeāralong ago
2Proto-Germanicjērǫ̂—
3Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jērą →Every word from Proto-Germanic jērǫ̂ →
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