Where does “jār” come from?

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

jār (Old Saxon): year

Definitions

  1. year

Ancestry of “jār”, step by step

jār traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic jār

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

via Proto-Germanic *jār

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*jār—

Words derived from “jār”

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