Where does “gestra-” come from?

gestra- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyésteros, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- — day.

Ancestry of “gestra-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gestra-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyésteros →