English
hinderland
From hinder + -land, a calque of German Hinterland.
Formed from hinder + -land
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
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Proto-Germanic *hinder ‘back’
Proto-Germanic *hindrōną ‘to hinder’
Old English hindrian ‘to hinder, obstruct, repress, impede’
Middle English hindren
English hinder
Today it means
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Etymograph / hinderland