Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jār
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *jērą.
Noun edit
*jār n[1]
- year
- (good) harvest
Inflection edit
Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *jār | |
Genitive | *jāras | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *jār | *jāru |
Accusative | *jār | *jāru |
Genitive | *jāras | *jārō |
Dative | *jārē | *jārum |
Instrumental | *jāru | *jārum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: ġēar, ġǣr, ġēr
- Old Frisian: jēr, jār, iēr
- Old Saxon: jār, gēr
- Old Dutch: jār
- Old High German: jār
- Middle High German: jār
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150: “PWGmc *jār”