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Rather unlikely from intermediary *āorъ, having been borrowed from Proto-West Germanic*ahurn(“maple”), particularly from a late form without intervocalic .[1] Otherwise, maybe from the same European substrate[1] after the underlying language underwent a sound change from to or a sound shift of comparable consonants. The later borrowing into Proto-Slavic is more probable due to the retention of the exact synonym *klenъ. Compare Latinacer and Ancient Greekἄκαστος(ákastos).
Adding to that, the maple (Acer) grew only in the western half and particularly the Norway maple (Acer platanoides) as its most widespread kind reached only the western border of the Yamna culture in case that both were even as far distributed from Europe up to there as nowadays.[2][3] On the one hand, the frequency of the Norway maple is condensed into Europe, on the other hand, it is considered native as well to the eastern end of the Caucasus[3] but this does not exclude it having been introduced as it might not have been recorded. If any maple overall only recently extended up to the Pontic–Caspian steppe and surrounding regions, back then it might not have even been adjacent to the Yamna culture at all. This makes a borrowing from a substrate into ancient or early medieval Indo-European languages substantially necessary. Non-cognate Ancient Greek σφένδᾰμνος(sphéndamnos, “maple”) and Old Armenian դղքի(dłkʻi, “maple”) may have a substrate etymology as well even though a possible internal formation was also considered for Ancient Greek.
If Germanic, Latin and Greek words are of native origin, they might derive from Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-(“sharp”) which is supposed to refer to the shape of the leaves.
^ Nowak, David; Rowntree, Rowan (1990), "History and range of Norway maple" in Journal of Arboriculture, volume 16, number 11, pp. 291-292
↑ 3.03.1Caudullo, Giovanni; de Rigo, Daniele (2016), "Acer platanoides in Europe - Distribution, habitat, usage and threats" in European Atlas of Forest Tree Species, Luxembourg: Publication Office of the European Union, p. 54
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*avorъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 96
^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “avorъ : javorъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 166
Further reading
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “я́вор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Snoj, Marko (2016) “jávor”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “javor”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 252
Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “jawor”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 208
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “я́вір”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka