-andi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "andi"

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse -andi, from Proto-Germanic *-andz, from Proto-Indo-European *-nt-.

Suffix

-andi

forms present participles of verbs

Derived terms

Icelandic terms suffixed with -andi (participle)

þýðandi

Etymology 2

From Old Norse -andi, from Proto-Germanic *-ndz, from Proto-Indo-European *-nts.

Suffix

-andi m (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -anda, nominative plural -endur)

forms agent nouns from verbs; identical in form to the present participle

Declension

Declension of *-andi* (masculine)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	-andi	-andinn	-endur	-endurnir
accusative	-anda	-andann	-endur	-endurna
dative	-anda	-andanum	-endum, -öndum¹	-endunum, -öndunum¹
genitive	-anda	-andans	-enda, -anda¹	-endanna, -andanna¹

¹Rare/obsolete.

Derived terms

nemandi

Icelandic terms suffixed with -andi (agent)

þýðandi

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *-andz, from Proto-Indo-European *-ónts.

Suffix

-andi

used to form present participles of verbs
forms agent nouns from verbs. Identical in form and meaning to the present participle

Usage notes

The inflected forms were gradually lost and replaced by -andi throughout the Nordic language area. This happened during the 13^th century in Norway and as late as in the 17^th century in Iceland. In Icelandic, -ǫndum developed into -öndum/-endum, but all inflected forms are now considered obsolete.^[1]

Declension

Declension of present participles

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-andi	-andi	-anda
accusative	-anda	-andi	-anda
dative	-anda	-andi	-anda
genitive	-anda	-andi	-anda
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-andi	-andi	-andi
accusative	-andi	-andi	-andi
dative	-ǫndum	-ǫndum	-ǫndum
genitive	-andi	-andi	-andi

Descendants

Icelandic: -andi
Faroese: -andi
Norwegian Nynorsk: -ande
Old Swedish: -andi, -ande
- Swedish: -ande, -ende
Danish: -ende
- Norwegian Bokmål: -ende

References

^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], 13 January 2019 (last accessed), archived from the original on 10 January 2009

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *-ndz, from Proto-Indo-European *-nts. Originally identical to the present participle, but declines differently in the plural.

Suffix

-andi m

forms agent nouns from verbs

Declension

Declension of *-andi* (strong nd-stem)
masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	-andi	-andinn	-endr	-endrnir
accusative	-anda	-andann	-endr	-endrna
dative	-anda	-andanum	-ǫndum	-ǫndunum
genitive	-anda	-andans	-anda	-andanna

Derived terms

Old Norse terms suffixed with -andi

[1] “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], 13 January 2019 (last accessed), archived from the original on 10 January 2009

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