The story
- Proto-Slavic · derived from*jarъ“vigorous, strong”
- Medieval Latin · learned borrowing fromGerovit
- English todayYarovit
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Gerovit (possibly via Slavic languages), from Old Polabian *Jerovit, from Old Polabian equivalents of Proto-Slavic *jarъ (“vigorous, strong”) + *-o- + *-vitъ.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Slavic*jarъ all →
YariloYarylo
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.