Where does “Ярило” come from?

Ярило (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic jarъ, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁ro-, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.

Ярило (Ukrainian): Yarilo Slavic god of spring and plants

Definitions

  1. Yarilo Slavic god of spring and plants

Ancestry of “Ярило”, step by step

Ярило traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic jarъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicjarъfurious; Alternative form of *jaro
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁ro-year, spring
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

via Proto-Slavic *jaro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*jaro—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyóh₁r̥year
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁ro- →Every word from Proto-Slavic jarъ →