Where does “oþer” come from?

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

oþer (Middle English): other

Definitions

  1. other

Ancestry of “oþer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “oþer”

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