XPost: alt.usage.english, soc.culture.german   
   From: hr.usenet@email.de   
      
   On Sun, 15 Sep 2024, Peter Moylan wrote:   
      
   > On 15/09/24 21:44, Janet wrote:   
   > > In article , vpaereru-   
   > > unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid says...   
   > > > Le 15/09/2024 à 03:46, HenHanna a écrit :   
   >   
   > > > > Lost Germanic Words in English   
   > > > >   
   > > > > "Hither": Instead of "here."   ---------- what's the German   
   > > > > counterpart?   
   > > > >   
   > > Hither and thither, very common saying.   
   >   
   > In any case, "hither" does not mean "here". It means "to here". It   
   > continues in use because there is no other single word with the same   
   > meaning. "Here" is a place, "hither" is a direction.   
      
   In German, it is "hierher". Up to now, I would not have regarded the   
   second syllable of "hither" as a cognate of German "her".   
      
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   Helmut Richter   
      
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