Where does “יאָרצײַט” come from?

יאָרצײַט (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German jārzīt, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.

יאָרצײַט (Yiddish): yahrzeit

Definitions

  1. yahrzeit

Ancestry of “יאָרצײַט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanjārzītanniversary; anniversary; Christian commemoration...
2Middle High Germanjāryear
3Old High Germanjāryear
4Proto-West Germanicjāryear
5Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

Words derived from “יאָרצײַט”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jērą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jār →