Where does “jener” come from?

jener (Middle High German) comes from Old High German jenēr, from Germanic *jain, from Proto-Germanic jainaz, from Proto-Indo-European i- — that; he; a pronomial stem.

Ancestry of “jener”, step by step

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

Words derived from “jener”

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