Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/anþeraz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros (“other”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.θe.rɑz/

Adjective

Proto-Germanic ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : *twai     Ordinal : *anþeraz     Multiplier : *twifalþaz     Collective : *bai     Fractional : *sēmi-, *halbaz     Prefix : *twi-, *twiz-

*anþeraz

1. second
2. other (of two)

Inflection

Declension of *anþeraz (a-stem, strong only)

strong declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*anþeraz	*anþerai	*anþerō	*anþerôz	*anþerą, *-at(ō)	*anþerō
accusative	*anþeranǭ	*anþeranz	*anþerǭ	*anþerōz	*anþerą, *-at(ō)	*anþerō
genitive	*anþeras, *anþiris	*anþeraizǫ̂	*anþeraizōz	*anþeraizǫ̂	*anþeras, *anþiris	*anþeraizǫ̂
dative	*anþerammai	*anþeraimaz	*anþeraizōi	*anþeraimaz	*anþerammai	*anþeraimaz
instrumental	*anþeranō	*anþeraimiz	*anþeraizō	*anþeraimiz	*anþeranō	*anþeraimiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *anþar, *ą̄þar (North Sea Germanic)
  • 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)
• Proto-Norse: *ᚨᚦᚨᚱᚨᛉ (*aþaraʀ), *ᚨᚾᚦᚨᚱᚨᛉ (*anþaraʀ)
  • Old Norse: annarr
    • Icelandic: annar
    • Faroese: annar, aðrar
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: annan
    • Jamtish: æðnen, ænnen
    • Old Swedish: annar
      • Swedish: annan, andra; annor (obsolete, in compounds)
    • Danish: anden
      • Norwegian Bokmål: annen
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar)