An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Himbeere
Himbeere, feminine, ‘raspberry,’ rom the equivalent Middle High German hintbęr, neuter, Old High German hint-bęri, neuter; literally ‘hind-, doe-berry.’ With regard to Modern High German Himbeere, with a distinct second component (in Middle High German, however, hemper, from hintbere, according to strict phonetic laws), see Modern High German Wimper, from wintbrâ. In Anglo-Saxon hindberie, feminine, means ‘strawberry’ and ‘raspberry’; compare English dialectic hindberries, ‘raspberries’ (note too Anglo-Saxon hindhœ̂leþe, ‘ambrosia,’ Middle High German hirz-wurz, Anglo-Saxon heortclœ̂fre, ‘camedus,’ properly ‘hemp agrimony’). In earlier Modern High German there existed a term Hind-läufte, from Middle High German hintlouf, ‘a plant growing on the hind's track,’ i.e., along forest paths, which was applied to the common chicory.