Where does “ndjerë” come from?

ndjerë (Albanian) comes from Sicilian ajeri, from Spanish ayer, from Spanish yer, from Latin herī, from Latin here, from Proto-Italic hezī, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes- — day.

ndjerë (Albanian): until, at, near; dear, gone, dead

Definitions

  1. until, at, near; dear, gone, dead

Ancestry of “ndjerë”, step by step

ndjerë traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Sicilian ajeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sicilianajeriyesterday
2Spanishayeryesterday; days gone by; yesteryear; the past
3Spanishyer—
4Latinherīyesterday
5Latinhereyesterday; second-person singular present active...
6Proto-Italichezī—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésiyesterday
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day

via Albanian ndjej

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianndjejI forgive compassionately
2Latinindulgēre—

via Proto-Albanian a/N(e)dri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albaniana/N(e)dri—

Words derived from “ndjerë”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési →