hintan-

German

Etymology

Fused adverb hintan that is now unused, earlier hindan, hindann, from Middle High German hin dan, a univerbation where the first word is well-known today’s hin and the second today’s dann in a now extinct local meaning (preserved better in dannen). Later is has been reanalyzed as hint, variant of today’s hinten, + an. There also exists a herdann, herdan, herdann-, herdan-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɪntˈʔan/

Prefix

hintan- (separable)

farther rearwards

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:German_words_prefixed_with_hintan-' title='Category:German words prefixed with hintan-'>German words prefixed with hintan-</a>

References

“hintan” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
“hindan” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

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