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 reconstructions

  • *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”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

An alternative theory by Orel derives the term from *hiz (“this”), and thus from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís.[1]

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

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xinđr(ōn)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 173
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