yar

yar · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*gʰer-“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*gerran“to creak”
3. Old English · inherited fromġeorran, ġirran, gyrran“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”
4. Middle English · inherited fromȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren
5. English todayyar

From Middle English ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, from Old English ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gerran (“to creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble”), Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter”).

yar · adjective²

Uncertain.

yar · adjective³

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*garwaz
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*garu
3. Old English · inherited fromġearu“ready”
4. Middle English · inherited fromyar
5. English todayyar

From Middle English yar, ȝar, variants of yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

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