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

second
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)