Etymograph

English

hind

Hind comes from Old English hindan ‘at the rear, from behind’, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- ‘down, below, with, far, along, against’, and ultimately from *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóm‘beside, near, by, with’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱem-ta-‘down, below, with, far, along, against’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hindan‘at the rear, from behind’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hinde
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1786hind

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóm‘beside, near, by, with’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱem-ta-‘down, below, with, far, along, against’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hindan‘at the rear, from behind’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hinde
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1786hind

Earliest quotation: 1786, Robert Burns, On a Scotch Bard Gone to the West Indies: “Fareweel, my rhyme-compoſing billie! / Your native ſoil was…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’

among, conference, consider, competition, counter, consistent, concrete, gain, con, comply, cum, commodity, cue, compulsory, likeness, contra, compel, concierge, connotation, kata, condiment, limbed, condescend, 32 more

Another origin of hind

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱem-‘hornless’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hindōreconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hindireconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150hind‘hind, doe’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

adj Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm / hind

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