Where does “jērą” come from?

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

jērą (Proto-Germanic): year; name of the J-rune

Definitions

  1. year; name of the J-rune

Ancestry of “jērą”, step by step

jērą traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

via Proto-Indo-European yóh₁r̥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanyóh₁r̥year

Words derived from “jērą”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →