Where does “jenēr” come from?

jenēr (German) comes 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.

jenēr (German): that, that one

Definitions

  1. that, that one

Ancestry of “jenēr”, step by step

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

Words derived from “jenēr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European i- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jainaz →Every word from Germanic *jain →
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