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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicjainazthat over there, yon
2Proto-Indo-Europeani-that; he; a pronomial stem

Words derived from “*jain

Every word from Proto-Indo-European i-Every word from Proto-Germanic jainaz