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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | ġeond | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | jend- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ī- | ice, frost |
Words derived from “yond”