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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (duck).[4] Cognate with Latin anas (duck, drake), Lithuanian ántis (duck, mallard), and Proto-Slavic *ǫty (duck).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.nɑdz/

    Noun

    *anadz f[4]

    1. duck

    Inflection

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

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *anad, *anud, *anid
      • Old English: ened, enid, æned, ænid
        • Middle English: ende, enede, hende, henede, heynd
          • Scots: ennet, annet, annot
          • English: ende, annet, annot
      • Old Frisian: *ened, *aned
      • Old Saxon: anud
      • Old Dutch: ened
        • Middle Dutch: ent, eent, eynt
          • Dutch: eend
            • Afrikaans: eend
            • Jersey Dutch: êntśe (from the diminutive)
      • Old High German: enita, aneta, anut
        • Middle High German: ant, anet
          • Alemannic German: Ant, Anete
          • Central Franconian:
            • Hunsrik: Ent
            • Luxembourgish: Int
          • German: Ente
          • Rhine Franconian:
            • Frankfurterisch: IPA [ent]
            • Pennsylvania German: Ent
          • Vilamovian: ant
    • Old Norse: ǫnd, ǫnn
      • Icelandic: önd
      • Faroese: ont
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: and, ond
      • Norwegian: (dialectal) ònd, ånd, ønd, ånt
      • Norwegian Bokmål: and
      • Old Swedish: and
      • Old Danish: *and (attested plural)

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, D. (2017). From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic Vol 1. 2nd ed. Oxford: OUP. p. 98
    2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “41-2”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 41-2
    3. ^ Bennett. W.H. (1978). 'The Germanic reflex of Indo-European /ǝ/ in originally medial syllables', in Jazayery, M.A., Polomé, E., and Winter. W. (edd.), Linguistic and literary studies in honor of Archibald A. Hill. III: Historical and comparative linguistics (The Hague: Mouton) 13-8.
    4. 4.0 4.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*anad-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26