{"id":1658,"date":"2022-01-01T14:39:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T14:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2022-01-01T15:35:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T15:35:27","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1658","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; New Year\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-01-01T14:39:23+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"As today is New Year's Day, I decided to look at the origins of the words new and year. Happy New Year, by the way.\n\n\n\nNew [nju\u02d0\/nu] means:\n\n \trecently made, or created\n \tadditional; recently discovered\n\nIt comes from the Middle English newe [\u02c8niu\u032f(\u0259...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/newyear.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3114\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1658-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/newyear.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/newyear.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/newyear.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/newyear.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1658-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/newyear.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"newyear.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>As today is New Year&#8217;s Day, I decided to look at the origins of the words <strong>new<\/strong> and <strong>year<\/strong>. Happy New Year, by the way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/blog\/newyear2022.gif\" alt=\"Happy New Year in various languages\" width=\"630\" height=\"350\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>New<\/strong> [nju\u02d0\/nu] means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>recently made, or created<\/li>\n<li>additional; recently discovered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from the Middle English <em>newe<\/em> [\u02c8niu\u032f(\u0259)] (new), from the Old English <em>n\u012bewe<\/em> [\u02c8ni\u035cy\u02d0.we] (new), from Proto-Germanic <em>*niwjaz<\/em> [\u02c8niu\u032f.j\u0251z] (new), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*n\u00e9wyos<\/em> (new), from <em>*n\u00e9wos<\/em> (new). [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/new#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Other English words from the same root include <strong>innovate<\/strong>, <strong>novice<\/strong> and <strong>novel<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_Proto-Indo-European_root_*new-_(new)\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Year<\/strong> [j\u026a\u0259\/j\u026a\u0279] means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the time it takes any astronomical object to complete one revolution of its star<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from the Middle English <em>yeer\/yere<\/em> (year), from the Old English <em>\u0121\u0113ar<\/em> [j\u00e6\u035c\u0251\u02d0r] (year), from the Proto-Germanic <em>*j\u0113r\u0105<\/em> [\u02c8j\u025b\u02d0.r\u0251\u0303] (year), from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*y\u00f3h\u2081r\u0325<\/em> (year) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/year#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same root, via the Latin <em>h\u014dra<\/em> (hour, time, o\u2019clock, season), include: <strong>hora<\/strong> (hour, time, period) in Spanish, <strong>ora<\/strong> (hour, time) in Italian, <strong>heure<\/strong> (hour, time, o\u2019clock) in French, and <strong>hour<\/strong> in English  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/hora#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/j-OyuVzvb8Y\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j-OyuVzvb8Y\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video made with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/37vAg5P\">Doodly<\/a> &#8211; an easy-to-use animated video creator [affiliate link].<\/p>\n<p>I also write about words, etymology, and other language-related topics, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>, and I explore etymological connections between Celtic languages on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/id1432641094\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3\/radio-omniglot\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/radio-omniglot\">PlayerFM<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">podtail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">PayPal<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/omniglot\">Patreon<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/create.blubrry.com\/resources\/podcast-media-hosting\/?code=omniglot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_blubrry.png\" alt=\"Blubrry podcast hosting\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; New Year\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-01-01T14:39:23+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"As today is New Year's Day, I decided to look at the origins of the words new and year. Happy New Year, by the way.\n\n\n\nNew [nju\u02d0\/nu] means:\n\n \trecently made, or created\n \tadditional; recently discovered\n\nIt comes from the Middle English newe [\u02c8niu\u032f(\u0259...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/newyear.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3115\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1658-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/newyear.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/newyear.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/newyear.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/newyear.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1658-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/newyear.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"newyear.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>As today is New Year&#8217;s Day, I decided to look at the origins of the words new and year. Happy New Year, by the way. New [nju\u02d0\/nu] means: recently made, or created additional; recently discovered It comes from the Middle English newe [\u02c8niu\u032f(\u0259)] (new), from the Old English n\u012bewe [\u02c8ni\u035cy\u02d0.we] (new), from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz [\u02c8niu\u032f.j\u0251z] [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,20,56,23,12,4,50,55,1,57,59,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-podcast","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european","category-spanish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1658"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1663,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions\/1663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}