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Where does “herī” come from?

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

Ancestry of “herī”, step by step

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