Where does “ōþer” come from?

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

ōþer (Old English): other, second

Definitions

  1. other, second

Ancestry of “ōþer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ōþer”

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