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FromProto-Indo-European*ḱem-tér-(“down, back, along, over, through”), from*ḱóm(“beside, near, by, with”). Cognate withLatincontrā(“back, against”),Old Welshcant(“with, at, along”); > ModernWelshgan(“with, by”),Ancient Greekκατά(katá,“downwards”).(Canthis(+) etymology besourced?)
An alternative theory by Orel derives the term from*hiz(“this”), and thus fromProto-Indo-European*ḱís.[1]
*hinder
*hinder