Where does “here” come from?

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

here (Latin): yesterday; second-person singular present active...

Definitions

  1. yesterday; second-person singular present active...

Ancestry of “here”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italichezī—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésiyesterday
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day

Words derived from “here”

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