Hind
/haɪnd/noun
A female deer, especially a red deer; also, archaic, a female servant or peasant.
Did you know?The deer sense is the real ancient one: Old English had hind for a female deer, and that form is still alive in modern Germanic cousins like German Hindin and Dutch hinde.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱm̥tóm
“No direct relation; not applicable to the deer word”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hindô
“female deer, hind”
Old English
OE
hind
“female deer”
Middle English
ME
hind
“female deer; later also a servant or peasant woman in some contexts”
Modern English
English
hind
“female deer; archaic female servant or peasant”