Pronominal adverbs

Pronominal adverbs are adverbs that have the same meaning as a preposition and a pronoun, and in which the pronoun is turned into a location adverb and put before the preposition. For example:

• in this - herein
• of that - thereof
• by which - whereby

Notably, the set of adverbs that have where in them can be used as interrogative adverbs or relative adverbs, e.g., wherein lies the problem?, the town wherefrom he came.

Everyday speech uncommonly uses pronominal adverbs, whereas older literature and legal writing often use them. In contrast, they are far commoner in Dutch and German.

List

Preposition	here-	there-	where-
about(s)	hereabout(s)	thereabout(s)	whereabout(s)
against	hereagainst	thereagainst	whereagainst
after	hereafter	thereafter	whereafter
among	hereamong	thereamong	whereamong
anent	hereanent	thereanent	whereanent
at	hereat	thereat	whereat
before	herebefore	therebefore	wherebefore
beside	herebeside	therebeside	wherebeside
by	hereby	thereby	whereby
for(e)	herefor(e)	therefor(e)	wherefor(e)
from	herefrom	therefrom	wherefrom
in	herein	therein	wherein
in + above	hereinabove	thereinabove	whereinabove
in + after	hereinafter	thereinafter	whereinafter
in + before	hereinbefore	thereinbefore	whereinbefore
in + below	hereinbelow	thereinbelow	whereinbelow
into	hereinto	thereinto	whereinto
of	hereof	thereof	whereof
on	hereon	thereon	whereon
out	hereout	thereout	whereout
over	hereover	thereover	whereover
through	herethrough	therethrough	wherethrough
to	hereto	thereto	whereto
tofore	heretofore	theretofore	wheretofore
under	hereunder	thereunder	whereunder
unto	hereunto	thereunto	whereunto
up	hereup	thereup	whereup
upon	hereupon	thereupon	whereupon
with	herewith	therewith	wherewith
withal	herewithal	therewith	wherewithal

Notes:

• Though it looks like one, whereas is not a pronominal adverb; the as is used here in its older conjunctive use of introducing a relative clause. The same use is found in the archaic word whenas.
• The about words now use the s variant (which stems from the adverbial genitive) and refer only to location, e.g., shops in London and thereabouts, the thief's whereabouts (treated as plural).
• The adverbs formed from for have two variants that now differ in meaning and stress: therefor means for this and is stressed on the second syllable, but therefore means for this reason and is stressed on the first syllable.
• The inafter/inabove and inbefore/inbelow words are now used in reference to documents, e.g., grievous body harm (hereinafter GBH), all terms listed hereinbefore shall be ignored.
• The before words are now replaced with the tofore words, which are formed from an obsolete variant of before. They are used only with reference to time, e.g., everything that has happened heretofore.
• The unto and withal words are archaic variants of the to and with words, though wherewithal is still used as a noun meaning means, resources.