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Where does “hiernamaals” come from?

hiernamaals (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch hiernamaals, from Dutch hier, from Middle Dutch hier, from Old Dutch hier, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

hiernamaals (Afrikaans): afterlife, life after death; hereafter,...

Definitions

  1. afterlife, life after death; hereafter,...

Ancestry of “hiernamaals”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhiernamaalsafterlife, life after death; hereafter,...
2Dutchhierhere; this
3Middle Dutchhierhere, in this place; to here, hither; now, at...
4Old Dutchhier—
5Proto-West Germanic*hēr—
6Proto-Germanichē₂rhere, in this place
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
8Middle Englishkyt—
9Germankitt—
10Old High Germankuti—
11Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
12Proto-Germanickweduzresin
13Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
14Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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