From Old English 'ġēar' and PIE *yeh₁r- meaning 'year' or 'season,' sharing an ancient root with Greek hṓra — the source of English 'hour.'
The period of time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun, approximately 365.25 days; a calendar unit of twelve months.
From Old English 'ġēar,' from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from PIE *yeh₁r- (year, season, spring). The root is connected to the broader concept of a cycle or seasonal return — related to Greek 'hṓra' (ὥρα, season, time of year, source of English 'hour'), Avestan 'yārə' (year), and Latin 'hōrnus' (of this year). The original sense may have been a single warm season or growing