Where does “ġiestran-” come from?

ġiestran- (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic gistr-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- — day.

ġiestran- (Old English): yester; previous day, prior day

Definitions

  1. yester; previous day, prior day

Ancestry of “ġiestran-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgistr-yesterday
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day

Words derived from “ġiestran-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gistr- →