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Where does “gertala” come from?

gertala (Old Saxon) comes from Old Saxon gēr, from Old Saxon jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.

gertala (Old Saxon): year

Definitions

  1. year

Ancestry of “gertala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxongēr—
2Old Saxonjār—
3Proto-West Germanicjāryear
4Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →