Where does “eergisteren” come from?

eergisteren (Dutch) comes 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.

eergisteren (Dutch): ereyesterday, the day before yesterday

Definitions

  1. ereyesterday, the day before yesterday

Ancestry of “eergisteren”, step by step

eergisteren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch gisteren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgisterenyesterday
2Middle Dutchgisterenyesterday
3Old Dutchgestaron—
4Proto-Germanicgestra-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésterosyesterday
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day

via Dutch eer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcheerhonour; ere, before; copper
2Middle Dutchêerearlier, previously
3Old Dutchērbefore, earlier than
4Proto-West Germanicairiearly
5Proto-Germanicairizearlier, before; comparative degree of *airi
6Proto-Germanicairiearly

Words derived from “eergisteren”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- →