year
Scots
[(j)iːr]
noun
Definitions
- year
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English yeer inherited from Old English ġēr inherited from *jār inherited from Proto-Germanic *jērą (year) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *yōro-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*yōro-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- year English
- *yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *yeh₁r- Proto-Indo-European
- *yeh₁ro- Proto-Indo-European
- *yéh₁rom Proto-Indo-European
- *yōr- Proto-Indo-European
- *yōro- Proto-Indo-European
- *jērą Proto-Germanic
- *jērǫ̂ Proto-Germanic
- gear Old English
- ġēar Old English
- ġēr Old English
- yeer Middle English
- ár Old Norse
- jar Old High German
- jār Old High German
- yaro Ido
- 𐌾𐌴𐍂 Gothic
- *jār gmw-pro
- jar Old Dutch
- jār Old Dutch
- jar Old Saxon
- iēr Old Frisian
- jer Old Frisian
- jēr Old Frisian