hither的词源

英文词源

hither (adv.)

Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hideran (cognates: Old Norse heðra "here," Gothic hidre "hither"), from Germanic demonstrative base *hi- (compare he, here). Spelling change from -d- to -th- is the same evolution seen in father, etc. Relation to here is the same as that of thither to there.

中文词源

hither：到此处，向这里

来自Proto-Germanic*hi,这里，来自PIE*ki,这里，词源同here,he,-ther,工具格后缀。

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