Where does “messinger” come from?

messinger (Scots) comes from Old French messagier, from Old French ier, 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.

messinger (Scots): messenger

Definitions

  1. messenger

Ancestry of “messinger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmessagiermessenger
2Old Frenchieryesterday
3Latinherīyesterday
4Latinhereyesterday; second-person singular present active...
5Proto-Italichezī—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésiyesterday
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési →