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Where does “yond” come from?

yond (Middle English) comes from Old English ġeond, from Proto-Germanic jend-, from Proto-Indo-European ī- — ice, frost.

Ancestry of “yond”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġeond—
2Proto-Germanicjend-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanī-ice, frost

Words derived from “yond”

  • yond
  • ayont
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