Where does “anoþer” come from?

anoþer (Middle English) comes from Middle English oþer, from Old English ōþer, from Proto-West Germanic *anþar, from Proto-Germanic anþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European ánteros — other.

anoþer (Middle English): Alternative spelling of another

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of another

Ancestry of “anoþer”, step by step

anoþer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English oþer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishoþerother
2Old Englishōþerother, second
3Proto-West Germanic*anþarsecond
4Proto-Germanicanþerazsecond; other
5Proto-Indo-Europeanánterosother

via Middle English ān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishāna, an indefinite article
2Old Englishānlonely; entirely alone, solitary, single; one
3Proto-West Germanicainone
4Proto-Germanicainazone; some
5Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

Words derived from “anoþer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ánteros →Every word from Proto-Germanic anþeraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *anþar →