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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”

  • hesternal
  • hesternus
  • heri
  • ayer
  • yer
  • anteayer
  • avantieri
  • ieri
  • hier
  • abans-d'ahir
  • ahir
  • hieraŭa
  • antaŭhieraŭ
  • hieraŭ
  • răsalaltăieri
  • alaltăieri
  • ieri
  • ier
  • hièr
  • hiaer
  • aeri
  • eire
  • heri
  • aieri
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