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- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éyeri
- Proto-Germanic*airi
- Proto-Germanic*airiz
- Old Englishǣr
- Middle Englisher
- Englishere
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰǵʰyés
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰǵʰyésteros
- Proto-Germanic*gesteraz
- Proto-Germanic*gesteran
- Proto-West Germanic*gesteran
- Old Englishġiestran
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰegʷʰ-?
- Proto-Germanic*dagaz
- Proto-West Germanic*dag
- Old Englishdæġ
- Old Englishġiestrandæġ
- Middle Englishyesterday
- Englishyesterday
- English todayereyesterday
From ere (“before”, preposition) + yesterday. Compare French avant-hier, Dutch eergisteren, German vorgestern, Polish przedwczoraj, Swedish förrgår or Danish forgårs.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.