Where does “anderman” come from?
anderman (Dutch) 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.
anderman (Dutch): someone else
Ancestry of “anderman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ander | other; different; second |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | ander | second; other; another, someone else, others |
| 3 | Old Dutch | ander | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *anþar | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | anþeraz | second; other |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ánteros | other |
Words derived from “anderman”