Where does “yestern” come from?

yestern (English) comes from English yester, from Middle English yester, from Old English geostran, from Proto-Germanic gistr-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- — day.

yestern (English): Of or pertaining to yesterday; Yesterday

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to yesterday; Yesterday

Ancestry of “yestern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishyesterYesterday; Of or pertaining to yesterday
2Middle Englishyester—
3Old Englishgeostranyesterday
4Proto-Germanicgistr-yesterday
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- →
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