An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/hinnen

by Friedrich Kluge

hinnen, von hinnen, adv., from the equiv. MidHG. hinnen, OHG. hinnan, hinnân, hinnana, adv., ‘away from here, from hence’; used in ModHG. only with the explanatory prepos. AS. heonan, heonon, adv., ‘from here,’ E. hence (with a suffix s, whence ce). Formed from the pronom. stem hi, like dannen, von dannen, from the pron. þa-. See hinten, hinter.