år
Swedish
/ˈoːr/
noun
Definitions
- a year
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish ar, ār inherited from Old Norse ár (year, early) inherited from Proto-Germanic *jērą (year) derived from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁ro-, *yeh₁- (year, season, do, act vigorously, make).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*yeh₁-
Gloss
year, season, do, act vigorously, make
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
年
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- New Year English
- birthyear English
- gigayear English
- half-year English
- kiloyear English
- leap year English
- megayear English
- midyear English
- multiyear English
- one-year-old English
- overyear English
- packyear English
- schoolyear English
- toyear English
- year English
- yearbook English
- yearday English
- yeared English
- yearend English
- yearer English
- yearful English
- yeargroup English
- yearhundred English
- yearling English
- yearlong English
- yearly English
- yearsman English
- yearsworth English
- yearthousand English
- yeartide English
- yeartime English
- yearward English
- yesteryear English
- hornus Latin
- hōra Latin
- orologeria Italian
- orologiaio Italian
- orologiero Italian
- ὡροσκόπος Ancient Greek
- ὥρα Ancient Greek
- *yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *yeh₁r- Proto-Indo-European
- *yeh₁ro- Proto-Indo-European
- *yéh₁rom Proto-Indo-European
- *yōr- Proto-Indo-European
- *yōro- Proto-Indo-European
- år Norwegian Bokmål
- *airi Proto-Germanic
- *airō Proto-Germanic
- *jērą Proto-Germanic
- *jērǫ̂ Proto-Germanic
- bok Swedish
- fest Swedish
- gång Swedish
- halv Swedish
- halvår Swedish
- hundrade Swedish
- minderårig Swedish
- mindre Swedish
- ny Swedish
- nyår Swedish
- nyårsafton Swedish
- nyårsdag Swedish
- nyårslöfte Swedish
- räkenskap Swedish
- räkenskapsår Swedish
- sabbat Swedish
- sabbatsår Swedish
- skott Swedish
- skottår Swedish
- tal Swedish
- tid Swedish
- tio Swedish
- tusen Swedish
- utgivning Swedish
- utgivningsår Swedish
- åra Swedish
- årgång Swedish
- århundrade Swedish
- årlig Swedish
- årligen Swedish
- årsbok Swedish
- årsfest Swedish
- årstid Swedish
- årsvis Swedish
- årtal Swedish
- årtionde Swedish
- årtusende Swedish
- år Norwegian Nynorsk
- gear Old English
- ġēar Old English
- yeer Middle English
- ár Old Norse
- jara Serbo-Croatian
- јара Serbo-Croatian
- ár Icelandic
- jār Old High German
- yaro Ido
- bardagaár Faroese
- nýggjár Faroese
- ár Faroese
- árla Faroese
- árstíð Faroese
- ártíggju Faroese
- 𐌾𐌴𐍂 Gothic
- *jār gmw-pro
- jar Old Dutch
- jār Old Dutch
- *yaHtúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *yáHr̥ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ar Old Swedish
- ar, ār Old Swedish
- jår Westrobothnian
- jēr Old Frisian
- yel Volapük
- yia Tok Pisin
- *dānu Proto-Iranian
- *yáHr̥ Proto-Iranian
- aar Old Danish
- ὡρολόγιον grc-koi
- ier Chuukese