Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jainaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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Proto-Germanic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑi̯.nɑz/

Etymology

From the pronominal Proto-Indo-European *i-; related to Old Church Slavonic онъ (onŭ, “he”), Lithuanian ans (“he”), Latin idem (“the same”), and Sanskrit third person pronoun एना (enā, “that”).

Determiner

*jainaz

1. that over there, yon

Inflection

Declension of *jainaz (a-stem, strong only)

strong declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*jainaz	*jainai	*jainō	*jainôz	*jaina	*jainō
accusative	*jainanǭ	*jainanz	*jainǭ	*jainōz	—	*jainō
genitive	*jainas, *jainis	*jainaizǫ̂	*jainaizōz	*jainaizǫ̂	*jainas, *jainis	*jainaizǫ̂
dative	*jainammai	*jainaimaz	*jainaizōi	*jainaimaz	*jainammai	*jainaimaz
instrumental	*jainanō	*jainaimiz	*jainaizō	*jainaimiz	*jainanō	*jainaimiz

Related terms

• *jainar

Descendants

• Old English: ġeon
  • Middle English: ȝeon, ȝon, yon
    • Scots: ȝon, yon
    • English: yon
• Old Frisian: jen, jena
  • Saterland Frisian: (juns, junner, etc.)
  • West Frisian: jinge; itjinge
• Old Saxon: (ginuwar, genower; gendro)
  • Middle Low German: (ginder, gender)
    • German Low German: (günt, günners, günnert, etc.)
• Old Dutch: *gēn
  • Middle Dutch: gene, ghene
    • Dutch: ginds, geen, gene (only in diegene, hetgeen etc.)
• Old High German: jēner
  • Middle High German: jener, ener
    • Alemannic German: ääne
    • German: jener
    • Yiddish: יענער‎ (yener)
• Old Norse: enn, inn, hinn, -inn
  • Icelandic: inn, -inn
  • Faroese: -in
  • Norwegian: -en, hin
  • Swedish: -en
  • Danish: -en
  • Westrobothnian: (än) -än, -en, -in, -jen
• Gothic: 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains)

References

• The Indo-European Languages (2015, →ISBN, page 401: In addition we have *jainaz > Goth. jains, OEng. geon (> Eng. yon), OHG jener (= Ger.) 'that man'.