Where does “ġēarlīc” come from?

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

ġēarlīc (Old English): yearly, of the year, annual

Definitions

  1. yearly, of the year, annual

Ancestry of “ġēarlīc”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ġēarlīc”

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