ěro

ěro; ěra; ěrь Grammatical information: n. o; f. ā; m. o

Page in Trubačev: VIII 175-176

Church Slavic:

jara (RuCS) `spring' [f ā]

Russian:

jar (dial.) `heat, fire' [m o]

Old Russian:

jara `spring' [f ā]

Ukrainian:

jar `spring' [m o]

Czech:

jaro `spring' [n o]

Polish:

jar (dial.) `spring, spring corn' [m o];

jaro (16th c.) `spring, spring corn' [n o] \{1\}

Serbo-Croatian:

jȁra `great heat, mirage, spirit' [f ā];

jȃr `spring' [m o]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: jeʔro-

Lithuanian:

ė́ras `lamb' [m o] 3;

jė́ras (dial.) `lamb' [m o] 3

Latvian:

ję̃rs `lamb' [m o];

jēre `one year old sheep, mother lamb' [f ē]

Old Prussian:

eristian (EV) `lamb' [n]

Indo-European reconstruction: Hieh₁-r-

IE meaning: `season'

Comments: There is a possibility that the root is identical with *Hieh₁- `send'.

Other cognates:

Skt. paryāríṇī- (Kath+) `cow which has its first calf after a year' [f];

Gk. ὥρᾱ `time, season' [f];

YAv. yārǝ- `year' [n];

Go. jer `year' [n];

OHG jār `year' [n]

Notes:

\{1\} According to Bańkowski (2000: 574), the form jaro was made up by W. Pola.