Where does “ander” come from?

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

ander (Dutch): other; different; second

Definitions

  1. other; different; second

Ancestry of “ander”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchandersecond; other; another, someone else, others
2Old Dutchanderother
3Proto-West Germanic*anþarsecond
4Proto-Germanicanþerazsecond; other
5Proto-Indo-Europeanánterosother

Words derived from “ander”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ánteros →