Where does “ander” come from?

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

ander (Middle Dutch): second; other; another, someone else, others

Definitions

  1. second; other; another, someone else, others

Ancestry of “ander”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchanderother
2Proto-West Germanic*anþarsecond
3Proto-Germanicanþerazsecond; other
4Proto-Indo-Europeanánterosother

Words derived from “ander”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ánteros →