Where does “oþer” come from?

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

oþer (Old English): other; second; one of two

Definitions

  1. other; second; one of two

Ancestry of “oþer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*anþarsecond
2Proto-Germanicanþerazsecond; other
3Proto-Indo-Europeanánterosother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ánteros →Every word from Proto-Germanic anþeraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *anþar →