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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 it has been reanalyzed as hint, variant of today’s hinten, + an. There also exists a herdann, herdan, herdann-, herdan-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
hintan- (separable)
- farther rearwards
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