An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/hindern

by Friedrich Kluge

hindern, vb., ‘to impede, obstruct, prevent,’ from MidHG. hindern, OHG. hintiren and hintarôn, ‘to repulse, hinder’; comp. AS. hinderian, E. to hinder, OIc. hindra; an old derivative from the prepos. hinter; see the latter and fördern.