Proto-Germanic

*jērą

‘year’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *jērą.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *jērą, most familiar first.

• year ← yeer ← ġēar ← *jār
• yearly ← yeerly ← ġēarlīċ ← ġēar ← *jār
• yore ← ġeāra ← *jērǫ̂
• yair ← yare ← *ġear ← *jār
• yarely ← ȝarly ← ġearlīċe ← ġēar ← *jār

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *jērą