Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/hesternos

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This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyésteros +‎ *-nos. The Proto-Italic reflex was generated by the apheresis of *dʰ-, otherwise it would be **θ(j)esternos.

Cognate with English yester- (cf. yesterday), German gestern (cf. Gestern) and Dutch gisteren.

Adjective

*hesternos (comparative *hesternjōs, superlative *hesternisəmos)

yesterday's

Declension

Declension of *hesternos (o/ā-stem)

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hesternos	*hesternā	*hesternom
Vocative	*hesterne	*hesterna	*hesternom
Accusative	*hesternom	*hesternam	*hesternom
Genitive	*hesternosjo, hesternī	*hesternās	*hesternosjo, hesternī
Dative	*hesternōi	*hesternāi	*hesternōi
Ablative	*hesternōd	*hesternād	*hesternōd
Locative	*hesternei	*hesternāi	*hesternei
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hesternōs, hesternoi	*hesternās	*hesternā
Vocative	*hesternōs, hesternoi	*hesternās	*hesternā
Accusative	*hesternons	*hesternans	*hesternā
Genitive	*hesternom	*hesternāzōm	*hesternom
Dative	*hesternois	*hesternais	*hesternois
Ablative	*hesternois	*hesternais	*hesternois
Locative	*hesternois	*hesternais	*hesternois

Descendants

Latin: hesternus (see there for further descendants)