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Where does “gestern” come from?

gestern (German) comes from Old High German gesteron, from Proto-Germanic gestra-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyésteros, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- — day.

gestern (German): yesterday

Definitions

  1. yesterday

Ancestry of “gestern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangesteron—
2Proto-Germanicgestra-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésterosyesterday
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day
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