Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/anadz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”). Cognate with Latin anas (“duck, drake”), Lithuanian ántis (“duck, mallard”), Proto-Slavic *ǫty (“duck”) and possibly Old Armenian անիդ (anid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.nɑdz/

Noun

*anadz f

1. duck

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *anadz (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*anadz	*anadiz
vocative	*anad	*anadiz
accusative	*anadų	*anadunz
genitive	*anadiz	*anadǫ̂
dative	*anadi	*anadumaz
instrumental	*anadē	*anadumiz

Derived terms

• *anadrekô

Descendants

• Old English: ened, enid, æned
  • Middle English: ened, enede
    • English: ende, ennet, annet
    • Scots: ennet, annet, annot
• Old Frisian: *ened, *aned
  • Saterland Frisian: Oande, Oante
  • West Frisian: ein
• Old Saxon: anud
  • Middle Low German: aned, ēnde
    • German Low German: Aant
    • Plautdietsch: Ent
• Old Dutch: ened
  • Middle Dutch: ent, eent, eynt
    • Dutch: eend
      • Afrikaans: eend
• Old High German: anut, aneta, enita
  • Middle High German: anet, ant, ente
    • Alemannic German: Ant, Anete
    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Ent

      Luxembourgish: Int

    • German: Ente
    • Rhine Franconian: Ent, Int

      Frankfurterisch: IPA [ent]

    • Vilamovian: ant
• Old Norse: ǫnd
  • Icelandic: önd
  • Faroese: ont
  • Norwegian: and
  • Old Swedish: and
    • Swedish: and
  • Old Danish: *and (attested plural)
    • Danish: and