Where does “ôn” come from?

ôn (Silesian) comes from Old Polish on, from Proto-Slavic *onъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic anas, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en — there.

ôn (Silesian): third-person masculine singular pronoun; he

Definitions

  1. third-person masculine singular pronoun; he

Ancestry of “ôn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishonhe for animate nouns, it for inanimate nouns
2Proto-Slavic*onъ—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicanasthat over there, yonder
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enthere
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic anas →Every word from Proto-Slavic *onъ →