hent

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hantijaną“to seize”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hantijan
3. Old English · inherited fromhentan“to pursue, chase after, seize, arrest, grasp”
4. Middle English · inherited fromhenten
5. English todayhent

From Middle English henten (also hynten, hinten > English hint), from Old English hentan (“to pursue, chase after, seize, arrest, grasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną (“to seize”), related to Icelandic henta (“to suit, beseem”), Old English huntian (“to hunt”), Old High German hunda (“spoils, booty”).

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