Where does “jen” come from?

jen (Czech) comes from Old Church Slavonic jen, from Proto-Slavic jenъ.

jen (Czech): only; yen

Definitions

  1. only; yen

Ancestry of “jen”, step by step

jen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Church Slavonic jen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicjen—
2Proto-Slavicjenъ—

via Japanese 圓

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese圓yen; circle

Words derived from “jen”

Every word from Proto-Slavic jenъ →Every word from Old Church Slavonic jen →