From Middle English soone, sone, from Old English sōna ‎(“immediately, at once”), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô ‎(“immediately, soon, then”), from Proto-Germanic *sa ‎(demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só ‎(demonstrative pronoun). Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone ‎(“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san ‎(“immediately, at once”), Dutch dialectal zaan ‎(“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sān ‎(“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German sān, son ‎(“soon, then”), Old High German sār ‎(“immediately, soon”). Compare also Gothic