Where does “jen” come from?

jen (Esperanto) comes from German jenēr, from Middle High German jener, from Old High German jenēr, from Germanic *jain, from Proto-Germanic jainaz, from Proto-Indo-European i- — that; he; a pronomial stem.

jen (Esperanto): here is, here are; lo, behold

Definitions

  1. here is, here are; lo, behold

Ancestry of “jen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanjenērthat, that one
2Middle High Germanjener—
3Old High Germanjenērthat
4Germanic*jain—
5Proto-Germanicjainazthat over there, yon
6Proto-Indo-Europeani-that; he; a pronomial stem

Words derived from “jen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European i- →