Where does “gēn” come from?

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

Ancestry of “gēn”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gēn”

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