Where does “*jain” come from?
*jain (Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic jainaz, from Proto-Indo-European i- — that; he; a pronomial stem.
Ancestry of “*jain”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | jainaz | that over there, yon |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | i- | that; he; a pronomial stem |