Where does “*jār” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*jār”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*jār

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