Where does “alaltăieri” come from?
alaltăieri (Romanian) comes from Romanian ieri, 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.
alaltăieri (Romanian): the day before yesterday
Definitions
- the day before yesterday
Ancestry of “alaltăieri”, step by step
alaltăieri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian ieri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ieri | yesterday |
| 2 | Latin | herī | yesterday |
| 3 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |
via Romanian aialaltă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | aialaltă | the other |