Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hinder

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

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *hindar

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-tér- (“down, back, along, over, through”), from *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”). Cognate with Latin contrā (“back, against”), Old Welsh cant (“with, at, along”); > Modern Welsh gan (“with, by”), Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “downwards”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxin.der/

Preposition

*hinder

1. (with accusative or dative) behind, beyond

Adverb

*hinder

1. back, on that side of, behind

Derived terms

• *hinderōną

Related terms

• *hindanē
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hindana)
• *hindrōną
• *hindumistaz
  • Old English: hindemest
    • English: hindmost
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (hindumists)

Descendants

• Old English: hinder
• Old Dutch: hinder
  • Middle Dutch: hinder (rare as simplex)
    • Dutch: hinder (rare as simplex)
• Old High German: hintar
  • Middle High German: hinter
    • Central Franconian: henger, henner (Moselle Franconian); honner, hönner (Eifel); hinger (Kölsch)
    • Cimbrian: hintare
    • German: hinter
    • Luxembourgish: hanner
    • Yiddish: הינטער (hinter)
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂 (hindar)