Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jāradag

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *jārdag (late)

Etymology

From *jār +‎ *dag.

Noun

*jāradag m

1. an anniversary day, yearday

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*jāradag
Genitive	*jāradagas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*jāradag	*jāradagō, *jāradagōs
Accusative	*jāradag	*jāradagā
Genitive	*jāradagas	*jāradagō
Dative	*jāradagē	*jāradagum
Instrumental	*jāradagu	*jāradagum

Derived terms

• *jārasdag
  • Old English: ġēares dæġ
    • Middle English: ȝeres-dai, ȝeres day, ȝeresday, yeeres dai, Yeeris Day, ȝere's day
      • ⇒ English: New Year's Day
  • Old Frisian: jēresdei, jērsdei
    • Saterland Frisian: Jíeresdai
  • Old Saxon: gērasdag, jārasdag
    • Middle Low German: jâresdach
  • Old Dutch: *jārasdag
    • Middle Dutch: jaersdach, jairsdach
      • Dutch: jaarsdag
  • Old High German: *jārastag
    • Middle High German: jārestac
      • German: Jahrestag

Descendants

• Old English: *gēardæġ (attested as gēardagas (plural))
  • Middle English: ȝere day, yeere day, yere day, ȝereday, ȝerday, yeerday
    • English: yearday
    • Scots: yeir day
• Old Frisian: jērdei
  • West Frisian: jierdei
• Old Saxon: *jārdag
  • Middle Low German: jârdach
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: jârdāges (adverb)
• Old Dutch: *jārdag
  • Middle Dutch: jaerdach
    • Dutch: jaardag
• Old High German: *jārtag (attested as jārtaga (plural))
  • Middle High German: jārtac
    • German: Jahrtag