Where does “jena” come from?

jena (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto jen, 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.

jena (Esperanto): following

Definitions

  1. following

Ancestry of “jena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantojenhere is, here are; lo, behold
2Germanjenērthat, that one
3Middle High Germanjener—
4Old High Germanjenērthat
5Germanic*jain—
6Proto-Germanicjainazthat over there, yon
7Proto-Indo-Europeani-that; he; a pronomial stem
Every word from Proto-Indo-European i- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jainaz →Every word from Germanic *jain →