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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“front, forehead, end”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*andijaz m[1]
- the endpoint of something, whether the front end or back end
Inflection
Declension of *andijaz (masculine ja-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*andijaz
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*andijōz, *andijōs
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| vocative
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*andī
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*andijōz, *andijōs
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| accusative
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*andiją
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*andijanz
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| genitive
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*andijas, *andīs
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*andijǫ̂
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| dative
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*andijai
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*andijamaz
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| instrumental
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*andijō
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*andijamiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *andī
- Old English: ende
- Middle English: ende, end, hende, ænde (Early Middle English), eend, eende, eynde, ynde (Late Middle English), ȝend, ȝende, ȝynd, ȝynde, yende (Late Middle English, with prothetic /j/)
- Old Frisian: ende, enda
- Old Saxon: endi
- Old Dutch: endi
- Old High German: enti
- Old Norse: endi, endir
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (andeis)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*andja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27