Where does “ár” come from?
ár (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.
ár (Old Norse): a year; plenty, abundance; the name of the A-rune
Definitions
- a year; plenty, abundance; the name of the A-rune
Ancestry of “ár”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |