From OE 'hēr,' from the demonstrative *hi- (this) + locative suffix — part of the elegant here/there/where triplet system.
In, at, or to this place or position; used to draw attention to someone or something.
From Old English her (in this place, at this point in time, at this juncture), from Proto-Germanic *he2r (here), built from the demonstrative stem *hi- (this, referring to what is near the speaker) + the locative directional suffix *-r. The same demonstrative stem *hi- produced Old English he (he, the near masculine pronoun), heo (she), heon (hence, from this place), and the archaic hither (toward this place). The word belongs to a systematic spatial triad: here (at this place), there (at that place, from *tha- + *-r), and