Hind
Middle English: perhaps shortened from Old English behindan (see behind).
wiktionary
From Middle English hinde, from Old English hindan(“at the rear, from behind”), Proto-Germanic *hinder(“behind, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta-(“down, below, with, far, along, against”), from *ḱóm(“beside, near, by, with”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰( hindana, “from beyond”), Old Norse hindr(“obstacle”), Old Norse handan(“from that side, beyond”), Old High German hintana(“behind”), Old English hinder(“behind, back, in the farthest part, down”), Latin contra(“in return, against”). More at hinder, contrary.
Wikispecies From Middle English hind, hinde, hynde, from Old English hind, from Proto-Germanic *hindō, *hindiz, from a formation on Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-(“hornless”). Cognate with Dutch hinde, German Hinde, Danish hind.
From Old English hī(ġ)na, genitive plural of hīġa(“servant, family member”), in the phrase hīna fæder ‘paterfamilias’. The -d is a later addition (compare sound). Compare Old Frisian hinde(“servant”).
etymonline
hind (adj.)
c. 1300, "pertaining to the rear, back, posterior," perhaps a back-formation from Old English behindan "back, behind," used as adverb and preposition (see behind), or from or influenced by Old English hindan (adv.) "from behind," from Proto-Germanic *hind- "behind" (cognate with Gothic hindan (prep.) "on that side of, beyond, behind;" German hinten "behind"), of unknown origin. Possibly influenced by Middle English hiner (adv.) "back, rear."
hind (n.)
"female deer," Old English hind, from Proto-Germanic *hinthjo (source also of Old Norse hind, Dutch hinde, Old High German hinta, German Hindin (with added fem. suffix) "hind"). This is perhaps from PIE *kemti-, from root *kem- (1) "hornless" (source also of Greek kemas "young deer, gazelle," Lithuanian šmulas "hornless," Old Norse skammr "short, brief").
