An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/her

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her, adverb, ‘hither, this way.’ from Middle High German hër (hëre), Old High German hëra, adverb, ‘hither,’ formed like Old High German wara, ‘whither’; allied to Gothic hiri, adverb imperat., ‘come here.’ Connected with a pronominal stem hi-. See heute, hier, hinnen.