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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.

Adjective

anner (incomparable)

  1. other

Declension

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.

Adjective

anner

  1. other

Pronoun

anner

  1. (indefinite) other

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/

Noun

anner f (plural aneirod or aneiri)

  1. heifer

Synonyms

  • heffer
  • treisiad

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
anner unchanged unchanged hanner
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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