Where does “annars” come from?

annars (Swedish) comes from Old Norse annars, from Old Norse annarr, from Proto-Germanic anþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European ánteros — other.

annars (Swedish): otherwise, or else

Definitions

  1. otherwise, or else

Ancestry of “annars”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseannarsmasculine/neuter genitive singular of annarr;...
2Old Norseannarrother, another, second, next
3Proto-Germanicanþerazsecond; other
4Proto-Indo-Europeanánterosother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ánteros →Every word from Proto-Germanic anþeraz →Every word from Old Norse annarr →