Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. · At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.) · In this matter. · Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
From Middle English her, from Old English hēr (“at this place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from *hiz + *-r, from Proto-Indo-European *kís, from *ḱe + *ís. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian hier, West Frisian hjir, Dutch hier, German Low German hier, German hier, Danish her, Swedish här, Norwegian her, Faroese her, Icelandic hér. Also related to the English pronoun he (“this/that person”), and the words hither (“to this place”) and hence (“from this place”).
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- Inherited-form mentionherenm
- Inherited-form mentionhērang · at this place
- Inherited-form mention*hērgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*hē₂rgem-pro
- Cognate mentionhierstq
- Cognate mentionhjirfy
- Cognate mentionhiernl
- Cognate mentionhierde
- Cognate mentionherda
- Cognate mentionhärsv
- Cognate mentionherno
- Cognate mentionherfo
- Cognate mentionhéris
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