hint

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hantijaną
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hantijan
3. Old English · inherited fromhentan“to seize, grasp”
4. Middle English · inherited fromhinten
5. English todayhint

From Middle English hinten, hynten, variant of henten (“to lay hold of, catch”), from Old English hentan (“to seize, grasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną. Doublet of hent. Related also to hunt.

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