Where does “יאָרצענדליק” come from?
יאָרצענדליק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish יאָר, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.
יאָרצענדליק (Yiddish): decade
Ancestry of “יאָרצענדליק”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | יאָר | year |
| 2 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |