Where does “yore” come from?

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

yore (Middle English): yore; for a long time

Definitions

  1. yore; for a long time

Ancestry of “yore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġeāralong ago
2Proto-Germanicjērǫ̂—
3Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

Words derived from “yore”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jērą →Every word from Proto-Germanic jērǫ̂ →