Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/anad

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *anadz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts.

Noun

*anad f

duck

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*anad
Genitive	*anadi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*anad	*anadi
Accusative	*anadu	*anadi
Genitive	*anadi	*anadō
Dative	*anadi	*anadum
Instrumental	*anadi	*anadum

Alternative reconstructions

*anud, *anid

Derived terms

*anadrekō

Descendants

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
- Saterland Frisian: Oante, Oande
- West Frisian: ein
Old Saxon: anud
- Middle Low German: aned, ēnde
  - German Low German: Aant
  - Plautdietsch: Ent
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