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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jērą

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (year).[1] This word eventually came to mean year in the sense of a unit of time in the daughter languages, but originally referred to a harvest, generally with a positive connotation. For the unit of time, see *wintruz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*jērą n

  1. (good) harvest
  2. (Runic alphabet) name of the rune (j)

Inflection

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neuter a-stemDeclension of *jērą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *jērą *jērō
vocative *jērą *jērō
accusative *jērą *jērō
genitive *jēras, *jēris *jērǫ̂
dative *jērai *jēramaz
instrumental *jērō *jēramiz

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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  • *jēriją
    • Old Norse: *æri

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*jēra-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273