Where does “chastaignier” come from?

chastaignier (Middle French) comes from Old French chastaignier, from Old French ier, 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.

chastaignier (Middle French): chestnut

Definitions

  1. chestnut

Ancestry of “chastaignier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchastaignierchestnut
2Old Frenchieryesterday
3Latinherīyesterday
4Latinhereyesterday; second-person singular present active...
5Proto-Italichezī—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésiyesterday
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési →
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