Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jērą
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]*jērą n
Inflection
[edit]neuter a-stemDeclension of *jērą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *jērą | *jērō | |
vocative | *jērą | *jērō | |
accusative | *jērą | *jērō | |
genitive | *jēras, *jēris | *jērǫ̂ | |
dative | *jērai | *jēramaz | |
instrumental | *jērō | *jēramiz |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *jār
- Proto-Norse: *ᛃᚨᚱᚨ (*jara), ᛃ (j) — abbreviation
- Gothic: 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jēr)