Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gesteran

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gesteran, from *gesteraz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyésteros, + *-n.

Adverb

*gesteran

1. yesterday

Alternative forms

• *gestran

Related terms

• Proto-West Germanic: *gester
  • Old English: ġister, ġestor
    • Middle English: yester-, yister-
      • English: yester-
  • ⇒ Old English: ġister dæġ, ġestor dæġ
    • Middle English: yesterday, yisterday, ȝesterdai, ȝisterdai
      • English: yesterday
      • Scots: yisterday, yesterday
  • ⇒ Old English: ġister ǣfen
    • Middle English: yestereen
      • English: yestereen
      • Scots: yestereen
• Proto-West Germanic: *gesterē
  • Old High German: gestre, gestere
    • Middle High German: gester

Descendants

• 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

      Mòcheno: gester

    • German: gestern