Where does “jār” come from?

jār (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.

jār (Old High German): year

Definitions

  1. year

Ancestry of “jār”, step by step

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

Words derived from “jār”

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