Where does “year” come from?

year (Scots) comes from Middle English yeer, from Old English ġēar, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.

year (Scots): year

Definitions

  1. year

Ancestry of “year”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishyeeryear
2Old Englishġēaryear
3Proto-West Germanicjāryear
4Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jērą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jār →
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