Where does “gister” come from?
gister (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch gister, from Dutch gisteren, from Middle Dutch gisteren, from Old Dutch gestaron, from Proto-Germanic gestra-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyésteros, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- — day.
gister (Afrikaans): yesterday; the previous day
Definitions
- yesterday; the previous day
Ancestry of “gister”, step by step