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

  1. a year; plenty, abundance; the name of the A-rune

Ancestry of “ár”, step by step

ár traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic jērą

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

via Proto-Germanic airō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicairōoar
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃eyH-pole

via Proto-Norse *ᛃᚨᚱᚨ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Norse*ᛃᚨᚱᚨyear

Words derived from “ár”

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