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Where does “hieraŭa” come from?

hieraŭa (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto hieraŭ, from French hier, from Old French ier, from Latin herī, from Latin here, from Proto-Italic hezī, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes- — day.

hieraŭa (Esperanto): of or pertaining to yesterday

Definitions

  1. of or pertaining to yesterday

Ancestry of “hieraŭa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantohieraŭyesterday
2Frenchhieryesterday; To stamp with a rod
3Old Frenchieryesterday
4Latinherī—
5Latinhereyesterday; second-person singular present active...
6Proto-Italichezī—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésiyesterday
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day
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