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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gēz

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*gēz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyési. Cognate with Sanskrit ह्यस् (hyas), Ancient Greek χθές (khthés), and Latin herī.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡeːz/

Adverb

*gēz

yesterday

Descendants

Norse: *gāʀ (*gāʀ)
- Old Norse: gær, gjár
  - Icelandic: í gær
  - Faroese: í gjár
- Norwegian Bokmål: i går
- Norwegian Nynorsk: i går
- Swedish: i går
- Danish: i går

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