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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jaro

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *jeˀro-, from Proto-Indo-European *yōro- or *yēro- (“year”).

Cognate with Lithuanian jė́ras (“lamb”), Latvian ję̃rs (“lamb”), Avestan 𐬫𐬁𐬭-‎ (yār-, “year”), Ancient Greek ὥρᾱ (hṓrā, “any defined period of time, season, year”), Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”), Latin hōrnus (“of this year”).

Noun

*jȃro n[1][2][3]

  1. spring
    Synonym: *vesnà

Declension

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: jaro
    • Polish: jaro (dated)
    • Slovak: jaro
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: jaro (dated)

See also

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jaro / *jara / *jarъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 175
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “jaro”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 116, 135)”
  3. Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “jary I”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN

Further reading

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