Etymograph

English

herein

Herein comes from Middle English here-inne, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *hē₂rinna.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hē₂rinnareconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hērinnareconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hērinne
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500here-inne
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1759herein

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hē₂rinnareconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hērinnareconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hērinne
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500here-inne
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1759herein

Earliest quotation: 1759, William Robertson: “[…] that if he be not fully satisfied herein,…”

Formed from here + in

Proto-Germanic *hē₂r ‘here, in this place’

Proto-West Germanic *hēr ‘here’

Old English hēr ‘at this place’

Middle English her

English here

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old English in

Middle English in ‘inside’

English in

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *hē₂rinna

Today it means

adv In this; within this content, context, or thing.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hē₂rinna / herein

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