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

  1. away; to, towards; gone, outside the boundaries...

Ancestry of “heen”, step by step

heen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch henen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchhenenaway from here, hence
2Proto-Germanic*hin-—
3Proto-Germanic-anēCreates adverbs with ablative direction
4Proto-Indo-European-neh₁—

via Proto-Germanic hainō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichainōwhetstone
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeh₃i-to sharpen; sharpen

Words derived from “heen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -neh₁ →