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Where does “jene” come from?

jene (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.

jene (Esperanto): in the following manner, as follows, like this

Definitions

  1. in the following manner, as follows, like this

Ancestry of “jene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantojenhere is, here are; lo, behold
2Germanjenēr—
3Middle High Germanjener—
4Old High Germanjenēr—
5Germanic*jain—
6Proto-Germanicjainazthat over there, yon
7Proto-Indo-Europeani-that; he; a pronomial stem
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