Where does “yon” come from?

yon (Scots) comes from Middle English yon, from Old English ġeon, from Proto-West Germanic *jain, from Proto-Germanic jainaz, from Proto-Indo-European i- — that; he; a pronomial stem.

yon (Scots): that, those, yonder; that one person or thing,...

Definitions

  1. that, those, yonder; that one person or thing,...

Ancestry of “yon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishyonthat over there, yon
2Old Englishġeonthat; yon
3Proto-West Germanic*jain—
4Proto-Germanicjainazthat over there, yon
5Proto-Indo-Europeani-that; he; a pronomial stem

Words derived from “yon”

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