English
hitherwards
From hither + -wards.
A compound of hither + -wards
Proto-Indo-European *ḱís ‘this (here)’
Proto-Germanic *hiz ‘this’
Proto-Germanic *hidrê ‘to this place, to here, hither’
Old English hider ‘to here, hither’
English hither
Today it means
adv Towards this place.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hitherwards