Where does “yon” come from?

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

yon (Middle English): that over there, yon

Definitions

  1. that over there, yon

Ancestry of “yon”, step by step

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

Words derived from “yon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European i- →