Proto-West Germanic

*jār

‘year’

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

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *jār, most familiar first.

• year ← yeer ← ġēar
• yearly ← yeerly ← ġēarlīċ ← ġēar
• yair ← yare ← *ġear
• yarely ← ȝarly ← ġearlīċe ← ġēar

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *jār