Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gesteran

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *gesteraz +‎ *-n. The first element is from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyésteros.^[1]

Adverb

*gesteran

yesterday

Related terms

*gestrą

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *gesteran, *gestran
- Old English: ġiestran, ġeostran, ġiestron, ġistran
  - ⇒ Old English: ġiestrandæġ, ġeostrandæġ, ġierstandæġ, ġyrstandæġ
- Old Dutch: gestaron
  - Middle Dutch: gisteren
    - Dutch: gisteren
- Old High German: gesteron, gesteren
  - Middle Low German: gestern
    - Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: gestarn, ghéstan (Sette Comuni)
      Mòcheno: gester
    - German: gestern

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gestra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 175-6

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gestra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 175-6

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