Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰǵʰyés

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions

*ǵʰdies^[1]

Etymology

Possibly from *dʰeǵʰ- (“day”), whence perhaps Proto-Germanic *dagaz.^[2]

Adverb

*dʰǵʰyés

yesterday

Derived terms

*dʰǵʰyés-tero-s
*dʰǵʰyés-i (locative singular)
- Proto-Celtic: *gdesi
  - Proto-Brythonic:
    - Breton: dec’h
    - Cornish: de
    - Welsh: ddoe, doe
  - ⇒ Old Irish: indé
    - Irish: inné
    - Scottish Gaelic: an-dè
- Proto-Italic: *hezi^[1]
  - Latin: here, herī̆

Descendants

Proto-Albanian: *de (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic: *kʰtʰés
- Ancient Greek: χθές (khthés), ἐχθές (ekhthés) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́ʰyás (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *gēz (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “heri”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 283: “PIt. *χes-i. PIE *ǵʰ-di-es 'yesterday'”
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χθές”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1632

[De_Vaan-1] 1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “heri”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 283: “PIt. *χes-i. PIE *ǵʰ-di-es 'yesterday'”

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χθές”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1632

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰǵʰyés

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