Where does “gene” come from?

gene (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch gēn, from Proto-West Germanic *jain, from Proto-Germanic jainaz, from Proto-Indo-European i- — that; he; a pronomial stem.

gene (Middle Dutch): that over there, yonder

Definitions

  1. that over there, yonder

Ancestry of “gene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgēn—
2Proto-West Germanic*jain—
3Proto-Germanicjainazthat over there, yon
4Proto-Indo-Europeani-that; he; a pronomial stem

Words derived from “gene”

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