Where does “*onъ” come from?
*onъ (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic anas, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en — there.
Ancestry of “*onъ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | anas | that over there, yonder |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en | there |