Where does “yeer” come from?

yeer (Middle English) comes from Old English ġēar, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.

yeer (Middle English): year

Definitions

  1. year

Ancestry of “yeer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “yeer”

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