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
- here is, here are; lo, behold
Ancestry of “jen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | jenēr | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | jener | — |
| 3 | Old High German | jenēr | — |
| 4 | Germanic | *jain | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | jainaz | that over there, yon |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | i- | that; he; a pronomial stem |