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
Ancestry of “ander”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | ander | second; other; another, someone else, others |
| 2 | Old Dutch | ander | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *anþar | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | anþeraz | second; other |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ánteros | other |
Words derived from “ander”