Where does “yr” come from?

yr (Old English) comes from Old Norse ýr, from Proto-Germanic īhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- — yew.

yr (Old English): the runic letter ᚣ

Definitions

  1. the runic letter ᚣ

Ancestry of “yr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseýrbow, yew; yew, a bow, the runic letter ᛦ
2Proto-Germanicīhwazyew; name of the I-rune
3Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-yew

Words derived from “yr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic īhwaz →Every word from Old Norse ýr →