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Where does “hinterziehen” come from?

hinterziehen (German) comes from German hinter-, from German hinten, from Old High German hintana, from Old High German hintar, from Proto-West Germanic hinder, from Proto-Germanic hinder — behind, beyond; back, on that side of, behind.

hinterziehen (German): to evade

Definitions

  1. to evade

Ancestry of “hinterziehen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhinter-after-; back-
2Germanhintenbehind; in the back; over ; yonder
3Old High Germanhintanabehind
4Old High Germanhintarbehind
5Proto-West Germanichinder—
6Proto-Germanichinderbehind, beyond; back, on that side of, behind
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