Where does “ander” come from?

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

ander (Old Dutch): other

Definitions

  1. other

Ancestry of “ander”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ander

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ánteros