yon

Meanings

1. 1
   det

   that or those over there, at some distance but usually within sight

   Yon ridge marks the far edge of the valley.

2. 2
   pron

   that one or those over there

   Yon is the path we must take before nightfall.

From Middle English yon, inherited from Old English ġeon ("that or those over there"), from Proto-Germanic *jaino-. Cognates include German jener and Gothic jains ("that"). The adverbial use developed later as a shortening of yonder. It is now chiefly dialectal, archaic, or literary.

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