An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/jeder

by Friedrich Kluge

jeder, pronoun, ‘each, every,’ from late Middle High German ieder, earlier iewëder, Old High German iowëdar (eo-hwëdar), ‘either,’ from weder (Old High German wëdar, ‘which of two’) and je; corresponding to Old Saxon iahwëthar, Anglo-Saxon âhwœðer; compare also Old High German eogiwëdar, Middle High German iegewëder, Anglo-Saxon œ̂ghwœðer, English either. — Modern High German jedweder, ‘each, every,’ is of a different etymological origin, being derived from Middle High German ietwëder, ie-dewëder, ‘either’ (from ie and Middle High German dewëder, ‘any one of two’; see entweder). —