Where does “ngjer” come from?
ngjer (Albanian) comes from Albanian ndjerë, from Sicilian ajeri, from Spanish ayer, from Spanish yer, from Latin herī, from Latin here, from Proto-Italic hezī, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési — day.
ngjer (Albanian): until, at, near
Definitions
- until, at, near
Ancestry of “ngjer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albanian | ndjerë | until, at, near; dear, gone, dead |
| 2 | Sicilian | ajeri | yesterday |
| 3 | Spanish | ayer | yesterday; days gone by; yesteryear; the past |
| 4 | Spanish | yer | — |
| 5 | Latin | herī | yesterday |
| 6 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |