Where does “yeerly” come from?

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

Ancestry of “yeerly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēarlīcyearly, of the year, annual
2Old Englishġēaryear
3Proto-West Germanicjāryear
4Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

Words derived from “yeerly”

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