Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/andawurdī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *andawurdiją. Equivalent to *anda- +‎ *wurdī.

Noun

*andawurdī n

answer, reply

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*andawurdī
Genitive	*andawurdijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*andawurdī	*andawurdiju
Accusative	*andawurdī	*andawurdiju
Genitive	*andawurdijas	*andawurdijō
Dative	*andawurdijē	*andawurdijum
Instrumental	*andawurdiju	*andawurdijum

Descendants

Old English: andwyrde
Old Frisian: ondwarde, antwerde, ontwert, ondert, onder
- Saterland Frisian: Oantwoud
- West Frisian: andwird, antwurd, antwird, andert
Old Saxon: andwurdi, andwordi
- Middle Low German: antworde, antwōrde, antword
  - German Low German: Antwoord
  - Plautdietsch: Auntwuat
Old Dutch: *antwurdi, andwarde
- Middle Dutch: antworde, antwoorde, antwerde
  - Dutch: antwoord
    - Afrikaans: antwoord
  - Limburgish: antjwaord, antjwaordj
Old High German: antwurti, antwurtī
- Middle High German: antwürte
  - German: Antwort
  - Luxembourgish: Äntwert
  - Yiddish: ענטפֿער‎ (entfer)