Where does “eire” come from?

eire (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin heri, from Latin here, from Proto-Italic hezī, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- — day.

eire (Old Portuguese): yesterday

Definitions

  1. yesterday

Ancestry of “eire”, step by step

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