Where does “anner” come from?

anner (Pennsylvania German) comes from Middle High German ander, from Old High German andar, from Proto-West Germanic *anþar, from Proto-Germanic anþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European ánteros — other.

anner (Pennsylvania German): other

Definitions

  1. other

Ancestry of “anner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanandersecond
2Old High Germanandarsecond; other
3Proto-West Germanic*anþarsecond
4Proto-Germanicanþerazsecond; other
5Proto-Indo-Europeanánterosother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ánteros →Every word from Proto-Germanic anþeraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *anþar →