Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/yóh₁r̥

This Proto-Indo-European 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.

Beekes mentions a possible derivation from *(H)yeh₁- (“to send”).^[1]

*yóh₁r̥ n (oblique stem *yéh₁n-)^[2]

1. year

   Synonyms: *ǵʰéyōm, *wétos

• *yéh₁r-o-m
  • Proto-Germanic: *jērą^[2] (see there for further descendants)
• *yóh₁r-o-s, *yóh₁r-eh₂
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *jā́ˀras, *jāˀrā́ˀ
    • Old Lithuanian: jōrė
    • Proto-Slavic: *jaro n, *jara f, *jarъ m (“summer; spring”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ὥρᾱ (hṓrā), ὥρη (hṓrē) — Ionic (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *jōros
    • ⇒ Proto-Italic: *hōrnos (< earlier *hojōrnos < *ho- (“this”) + *jōros + *-nos, cf. hodiē (“today”)^[3])
      • Latin: hōrnus (“this year's, grown this year”)

• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *yáHr̥ ~ *yáHas
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *yáHr̥ ~ *yáHas
    • ⇒ Sanskrit: पर्यारिणी (paryāríṇī, “calving after a year”)
  • Proto-Iranian: *yáHr̥ ~ *yáHah
    • Avestan: 𐬫𐬁𐬭𐬆 (yār^ə) ~ 𐬫𐬃 (yā̊), 𐬫𐬁 (yā))
    • ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *dušyārah (“bad year, drought”) (+ *duš-)
      • Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬲𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (dužiiāⁱriia, “bad year, drought, harvest bringing bad seasons”)
      • Parthian: (dušyār, “drought”), (dižyārīft, “famine”)
      • Old Persian: 𐎯𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐎶 (dušiyāram, “bad year, drought, ill-crop”)
        • Persian: دچار (dočâr)
    • ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *Hhuyārah (“good year, non-drought year”) (+ *Hhu-)
      • Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (huiiāⁱriia, “good year, non-drought year, harvest bringing good seasons”)

• Proto-Turkic *yāŕ