Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jērą

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year; harvest season”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛː.rɑ̃/

Noun

*jērą n

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

Inflection

Declension 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

Derived terms

  • *jēriją
    • Old Norse: *æri

Descendants

References

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