*yer-

Meanings

1.
year, season, cycle
(Notable English offsprings are "year" and "hour". The root might tie in with the root "*ei-" which meant was about "going".)
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Word Family

Root: *yer-

The core idea of this root was:

year, season, cycle

It’s the origin of the words year and Jahr as well as the word hour, which in ancient Greek was more generally about a full cycle.

It’s possible that the root ties in with a root that was about going, but German and English sources mention different things here.

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