Where does “erheen” come from?
erheen (Dutch) comes from Dutch heen, from Middle Dutch henen, from Proto-Germanic *hin-, from Proto-Germanic -anē, from Proto-Indo-European -neh₁.
erheen (Dutch): thither, to there
Ancestry of “erheen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | heen | away; to, towards; gone, outside the boundaries... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | henen | away from here, hence |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *hin- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -anē | Creates adverbs with ablative direction |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -neh₁ | — |