Where does “gisteren” come from?

gisteren (Dutch) comes 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.

gisteren (Dutch): yesterday

Definitions

  1. yesterday

Ancestry of “gisteren”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gisteren”

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