Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/anadz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”). Cognate with Latin anas (“duck, drake”), Lithuanian ántis (“duck, mallard”), Proto-Slavic *ǫty (“duck”) and possibly Old Armenian անիդ (anid).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.nɑdz/

Noun

*anadz f [1]

duck

Inflection

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

Derived terms

*anadrekô

Descendants

Old English: ened, enid, æned
- Middle English: ened, enede
  - Scots: ennet, annet, annot
  - English: ende, ennet, annet
Old Frisian: *ened, *aned
- Saterland Frisian: Oande, Oante
- 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
Old High German: anut, aneta, enita
- Middle High German: anet, ant, ente
  - German: Ente
  - Alemannic: Ant, Anete
  - Luxembourgish: Int
  - Vilamovian: ant
Old Norse ǫnd
- Icelandic: önd
- Faroese: ont
- Norwegian: and
- Old Swedish: and
  - Swedish: and
- Old Danish: *and (attested plural)
  - Danish: and

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*anad-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 26

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*anad-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 26