Where does “ieri” come from?

ieri (Italian) comes 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.

ieri (Italian): yesterday

Definitions

  1. yesterday

Ancestry of “ieri”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ieri”

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