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
- until, at, near; dear, gone, dead
Ancestry of “ndjerë”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sicilian | ajeri | yesterday |
| 2 | Spanish | ayer | yesterday; days gone by; yesteryear; the past |
| 3 | Spanish | yer | — |
| 4 | Latin | herī | — |
| 5 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |
Words derived from “ndjerë”