gestarn

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• ghéstan (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German gestern, from Old High German gesteron, from Proto-Germanic *gestra-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyésteros (“yesterday”). Cognate with German gestern, English yester(day).

Adverb

gestarn

1. (Luserna) yesterday

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien