Whence came ye hither? I have been told that the archaic adverbs in English denoting motion to or from a place (hence, hither, thence, thither, whence, whither) echo a structure that still exists in modern German. So far, I have found that "wohin" appears to be equivalent to "whither". If the other five words I mentioned also translated neatly into German, can someone please list their equivalents?In case these words are unfamiliar to those only acquainted with modern varieties of English, "whence" means "from or away from where"; "hither" means "to or toward here". All these words work out into a matrix like this: motion from stationary motion toward this place hence here hither that place thence there thither unknown place whence where whither If it's true that German works the same way, putting the words in a matrix like this might be the clearest way to answer my question. The spaces disappeared and I lost the formatting for the matrix. Here goes again: ...............................motion from .................stationary ........................motion toward this place .....................hence .......................here ...................................hither that place ....................thence ......................there ..................................thither unknown place .............whence ....................where .................................whither