_Moeso-Gothic_ thar, thath, thathro, _there, thither, thence_.
h[^e]r, hith, hidr[^o], _here, hither, hence_.
_Old High German_ hu[^a]r, huara, huanana, _where, whither, whence_.
d[^a]r, dara, danana, _there, thither, thence_.
hear, h[^e]ra, hinana, _here, hither, hence_.
_Old Saxon_ huar, huar, huanan, _where, whither, whence_.
thar, thar, thanan, _there, thither, thence_.
h[^e]r, her, henan, _here, hither, hence_.
_Anglo-Saxon_ thar, thider, thonan, _there, thither, thence_.
hvar, hvider, hvonan, _where, whither, whence_.
h[^e]r, hider, henan, _here, hither, hence_.
_Old Norse_ thar, thadhra, thadhan, _there, thither, thence_.
hvar, hvert, hvadhan, _where, whither, whence_.
h[^e]r, hedhra, hedhan, _here, hither, hence_.
_Middle High German_ d[^a], dan,dannen, _there, thither, thence_.
w[^a], war, wannen, _where, whither, whence_.
hie, her, hennen, _here, hither, hence_.
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_Modern High German_ da, dar, dannen, _there, thither, thence_.
wo, wohin, wannen, _where, whither, whence_.
hier, her, hinnen, _here, hither, hence_.
s. 438. These local terminations were commoner in the earlier stages of
language than at present. The following are from the Moeso-Gothic:--
Innathr[^o] = _from within_.
[=U]tathr[^o] = _from without_.
Innathr[^o] = _from above_.
F['a]irrathr[^o] = _from afar_.
Allathr[^o] = _from all quarters_.
Now a reason for the comparative frequency of these forms in Moeso-Gothic
lies in the fact of the Gospel of Ulphilas being a translation from the
Greek. The Greek forms in [Greek: -then, esothen, exothen, anothen,
porrhothen, pantothen], were just the forms to encourage such a formation
as that in _-thro_.--Deutsche Grammatik, iii. 199, &c.
s. 439. The _-ce_ (=_es_) in _hen-ce_, _when-ce_, _then-ce_, has yet to be
satisfactorily explained. The Old English is _whenn-es_, _thenn-es_. As
far, therefore, as the spelling is concerned, they are in the same
predicament with the word _once_, which is properly _on-es_, the genitive
of _one_. This statement, however, explains only the peculiarity of their
orthography; since it by no means follows, that, because the _-s_ in _ones_
and the _-s_ in _whennes_, _thennes_ are equally replaced by _-ce_ in
orthography, they must equally have the same origin in etymology.
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