Where does “hier” come from?

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

hier (French): yesterday; To stamp with a rod

Definitions

  1. yesterday; To stamp with a rod

Ancestry of “hier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchieryesterday
2Latinherīyesterday
3Latinhereyesterday; second-person singular present active...
4Proto-Italichezī—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésiyesterday
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day

Words derived from “hier”

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