हिजो (Nepali)
Where does "हिजो" come from?
The Nepali word 'हिजो' (hijo), meaning 'yesterday,' traces its ancestry back to the ancient Sanskrit 'ह्यस्' (hyás). It passed through Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrit as '𑀳𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄' (hijjo) before evolving into its modern form. This term is part of a deep linguistic lineage originating from the Proto-Indo-European root '*dʰǵʰyés,' making it a distant relative of the English word 'yesterday'.
Full etymology tree
- हिजो (Nepali), 'yesterday'
- inherited 𑀳𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄 (hijjo) (Prakrit), 'yesterday'
- inherited ह्यः (hyáḥ) (Sanskrit)
- inherited ह्यस् (hyás) (Sanskrit), 'yesterday'
- inherited *ȷ́ʰyás (Proto-Indo-Iranian), 'yesterday'
- inherited *dʰǵʰyés (Proto-Indo-European), 'yesterday'
- inherited *ȷ́ʰyás (Proto-Indo-Iranian), 'yesterday'
- inherited ह्यस् (hyás) (Sanskrit), 'yesterday'
- inherited ह्यः (hyáḥ) (Sanskrit)
- inherited 𑀳𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄 (hijjo) (Prakrit), 'yesterday'
Ancestors
- 𑀳𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄 (Prakrit)
- ह्यस् (Sanskrit)
Updated June 2026
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