Where does “and” come from?

and (Old Frisian) comes from Old Frisian ende, from Proto-West Germanic andī, from Proto-Germanic andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂entíos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

and (Old Frisian): and

Definitions

  1. and

Ancestry of “and”, step by step

and traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Frisian ende

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianende—
2Proto-West Germanicandīend
3Proto-Germanicandijazend
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂entíosfront; forehead
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Proto-Germanic andi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicandiin addition, furthermore, and
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntiopposite; near; in front
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
4Proto-Indo-European-sDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “and”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂entíos →