Where does “ander” come from?

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

ander (Vilamovian): other, different; second

Definitions

  1. other, different; second

Ancestry of “ander”, step by step

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