Where does “ajeri” come from?
ajeri (Sicilian) comes from Spanish ayer, from Spanish yer, 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.
ajeri (Sicilian): yesterday
Ancestry of “ajeri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | ayer | yesterday; days gone by; yesteryear; the past |
| 2 | Spanish | yer | — |
| 3 | Latin | herī | — |
| 4 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |