yearhundred

The story

1. German · calque ofJahrhundert“century”
2. English todayyearhundred

From year + hundred, a calque of German Jahrhundert (“century”); from Jahr (“year”) + Hundert (“hundred”). Cf. Scots yeirhunder, Saterland Frisian Jierhunnert, German Jahrhundert, Danish århundrede, Swedish århundrade, Norwegian århundre, all meaning century and being composed of the cognates (sisterwords) of English year and hundred.