Where does “ærra geola” come from?

ærra geola (Old English) comes from Old English ġeola, from Old English ġeōl, from Proto-Germanic jeulō, from Proto-Germanic jehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European yekə- — joke, play.

ærra geola (Old English): the twelfth month of the year according to the Anglo-Saxon calendar

Definitions

  1. the twelfth month of the year according to the Anglo-Saxon calendar

Ancestry of “ærra geola”, step by step

ærra geola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġeola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishġeolaChristmastide, midwinter
2Old EnglishġeōlChristmas, Yule
3Proto-Germanicjeulōnominative/vocative/accusative plural of *jehwlą
4Proto-Germanicjehwląfestivity, celebration; Yule
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyekə-joke, play

via Old English ǣrra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishǣrraearlier, former, preceding
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yekə- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jehwlą →Every word from Proto-Germanic jeulō →