Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/andi

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *h₂énti, locative of *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”). West Germanic continues an enclitic variant. The Old High German forms in *u- may continue the genitive singular *h₂n̥tés instead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.di/

Conjunction

*andi

1. in addition, furthermore, and

See also

• *andi-

Descendants

• Old English: and, ond, end
  • Middle English: and, ant, an, en
    • English: and
    • Scots: an
• Old Frisian: and, ande, ende
  • North Frisian: en
  • Saterland Frisian: un
  • West Frisian: en, in
• Old Saxon: endi
  • Middle Low German: ende, unde
    • Dutch Low Saxon: en
      • Urkers: in
    • German Low German: un, on
    • Plautdietsch: un, en
    • → Latvian: un
• Old Dutch: ande, enda, in, indi, unde
  • Middle Dutch: ende, en, enne
    • Dutch: en
      • Afrikaans: en
    • Limburgish: ènde, ènd, èn, è
• Old High German: unti, enti, inti, unta
  • Middle High German: unde, und, unt
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: un

      Mòcheno: ont

    • German: und
    • Hunsrik: un
    • Luxembourgish: an
    • Pennsylvania German: un
    • Yiddish: און‎ (un)
• Norse: [Term?] (from *anþi)
  • Old Norse: enn
    • Icelandic: enn
    • Faroese: enn
    • Norwegian: enn
    • Old Swedish: æn
      • Swedish: än
    • Danish: end
  • → Finnic: [Term?]
    • Estonian: ent
    • Finnish: entä
    • Ingrian: entä

References

• Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN