Where does “ander” come from?

ander (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch ander, from Middle Dutch ander, from Old Dutch ander, from Proto-West Germanic *anþar, from Proto-Germanic anþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European ánteros — other.

ander (Afrikaans): other

Definitions

  1. other

Ancestry of “ander”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchanderother; different; second
2Middle Dutchandersecond; other; another, someone else, others
3Old Dutchanderother
4Proto-West Germanic*anþarsecond
5Proto-Germanicanþerazsecond; other
6Proto-Indo-Europeanánterosother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ánteros →