Where does “Joa” come from?

Joa (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German jâr, from Old Saxon jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.

Joa (Plautdietsch): year

Definitions

  1. year

Ancestry of “Joa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanjâr—
2Old Saxonjāryear
3Proto-West Germanicjāryear
4Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

Words derived from “Joa”

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