Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/andō

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énHteh₂ (“doorjamb, doorpost”), and related to Latin antae (“door pilasters”), Sanskrit आता (ā́tā, “door frame”), Old Armenian դրանդի (drandi, “doorpost, threshold”). The relation, if any, of the root to *h₂ent- (“face, front”), which has been suggested as an alternate derivation of the Germanic, is uncertain.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑn.dɔː/

Noun

*andō f

  1. (North Germanic) hallway, vestibule

Inflection

Declension of *andō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *andō *andôz
vocative *andō *andôz
accusative *andǭ *andōz
genitive *andōz *andǫ̂
dative *andōi *andōmaz
instrumental *andō *andōmiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: ǫnd

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*anđō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 18
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