Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/anþar

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *ą̄þar (North Sea Germanic)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *anþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros.

Adjective

*anþar

1. second
2. other

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*anþar
Genitive	*anþaras
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*anþar	*anþaru	*anþar
Accusative	*anþaranā	*anþarā	*anþar
Genitive	*anþaras	*anþareʀā	*anþaras
Dative	*anþarumē	*anþareʀē	*anþarumē
Instrumental	*anþaru	*anþareʀu	*anþaru
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*anþarē	*anþarō	*anþaru
Accusative	*anþarā	*anþarā	*anþaru
Genitive	*anþareʀō	*anþareʀō	*anþareʀō
Dative	*anþarēm, *anþarum	*anþarēm, *anþarum	*anþarēm, *anþarum
Instrumental	*anþarēm, *anþarum	*anþarēm, *anþarum	*anþarēm, *anþarum

Descendants

• Old English: ōþer; ander- (prefix)
  • Middle English: other
    • Scots: uther, ither
    • English: other
• Old Frisian: ōther, ōr (Old West Frisian)
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: öler

    Hallig: öör

    Helgoland: uur

    Mooring: ouder

    Sylt: üđer

  • Saterland Frisian: uur, our
  • West Frisian: oar
• Old Saxon: ōthar, āther, āthar, andar
  • Middle Low German: âr, ander, ender, enger
    • Low German: anner (most dialects), ander (many southern dialects, Plautdietsch), anger (some southern dialects, some Low Prussian and Pomoranian dialects), Plautdietsch spellings: aunda, aundra
• Old Dutch: andar, ander, *athar
  • Middle Dutch: ander, aer
    • Dutch: ander, aâr
      • Afrikaans: ander
    • West Flemish: aajer (French Flanders)
• Old High German: andar
  • Middle High German: ander, andere
    • Cimbrian: andar
    • German: anderer, ander
    • Central Franconian:
      • Hunsrik: anner
      • Luxembourgish: aner
    • Mòcheno: ònder
    • Yiddish: אַנדער (ander)