English
New Year
From new + year.
Proto-Indo-European *nu ‘now’
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Proto-Germanic *niwjaz ‘new’
Proto-West Germanic *niwi ‘new’
Old English nēowe ‘new’
Middle English neowe
English new
Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ ‘year; growing season’
Proto-Germanic *jērą ‘year’
Proto-West Germanic *jār ‘year’
Old English ġēar ‘year’
Middle English yeer
English year
Today it means
noun A period covering the first few days of a calendar year.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / New Year