Where does “yester” come from?
yester (Middle English) comes from Old English geostran, from Proto-Germanic gistr-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- — day.
Ancestry of “yester”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | geostran | yesterday |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | gistr- | yesterday |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |
Words derived from “yester”