Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jār

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jērą.

Noun

*jār n[1]

  1. year
  2. (good) harvest

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *jār
Genitive *jāras
Singular Plural
Nominative *jār *jāru
Accusative *jār *jāru
Genitive *jāras *jārō
Dative *jārē *jārum
Instrumental *jāru *jārum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ 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”
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