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Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᛃᚨᚱᚨ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jērą n, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r- (“year”).

Noun

*ᛃᚨᚱᚨ (*jara /jāra/) n

  1. year
  2. plenty, abundance (especially of crops)
    1. (Runic alphabet) name of the j-rune (ᛃ)

Usage notes
  • This word seems to have regularly been abbreviated using the rune ᛃ (j), as that is the case in both of its attested occurrences. See the rune’s entry for quotations.

Descendants
  • Old Norse: ár n
    • Icelandic: ár
    • Faroese: ár
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: år
    • Elfdalian: år
    • Old Swedish: ār
    • Old Danish: aar
      • Danish: år
        • Norwegian Bokmål: år
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