Where does “Joares” come from?
Joares (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Joa, from Middle Low German jâr, from Old Saxon jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.
Ancestry of “Joares”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Joa | year |
| 2 | Middle Low German | jâr | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | jār | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
Words derived from “Joares”