Where does “jeer” come from?

jeer (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian iēr, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.

jeer (North Frisian): year

Definitions

  1. year

Ancestry of “jeer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianiēr—
2Proto-West Germanicjāryear
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-West Germanic jār →
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