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
- yester; previous day, prior day
Ancestry of “ġiestran-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | gistr- | yesterday |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |
Words derived from “ġiestran-”