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Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German ander, from Old Saxon ōthar, believed to have had an unmarked nasal vowel that became a nasal consonant. From Proto-Germanic *anþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ánteros. Cognate to German and Dutch ander, English other.
Declension
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | he is anners | se is anners | dat is anners | se sünd anners | |
| partitive | een anners | een anners | wat anners | allens anner(s) | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | anner | anner | anner | anner |
| oblique | anner | anner | anner | anner | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de anner | de anner | dat anner | de annern |
| oblique | den annern | de anner | dat anner | de annern | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en anner | en anner | en anner | (keen) annern |
| oblique | en annern | en anner | en anner | (keen) annern | |
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German ander, from Old High German andar, from Proto-West Germanic *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ánteros.
Compare German ander, Dutch ander, English other, West Frisian oar, Swedish andra.
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh anneir, from Proto-Brythonic *anner, from Proto-Celtic *anderā (“young woman”), of uncertain etymology but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éndʰos (“flower”).
Compare Cornish annor, Breton annoar (“heifer”), Old Irish ainder (“maiden”)); also North Frisian åndul, Albanian ënde, Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos), Sanskrit अन्धस् (ándhas, “herb, soma plant”)). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈanɛr/
Synonyms
- heffer
- treisiad
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| anner | unchanged | unchanged | hanner |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||