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