Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/andī

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 *andijaz.

Noun

*andī m[1]

end

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*andī	andijō, andijōs
Accusative	*andī	*andijā
Genitive	*andijas	*andijō
Dative	*andijē	*andijum
Instrumental	*andiju	*andijum

Descendants

Old English: ende
- Middle English: ende, eende, eend, hende, yende, eynde, ȝend, ynde, end
  - Scots: end, ende, hend
  - English: end
Old Frisian: ende, enda
- Saterland Frisian: Eend
- West Frisian: ein
Old Saxon: endi
- Middle Low German: ende
  - Dutch Low Saxon: ende
  - German Low German: End, Enne, Enn
    Plautdietsch: Enj
Old Dutch: endi
- Middle Dutch: ende
  - Dutch: einde
    - Afrikaans: einde
  - Limburgish: ènj
Old High German: enti
- Middle High German: ende
  - Alemannic German: Endi, End
  - Central Franconian: Enk
    Hunsrik: Enn
    Luxembourgish: Enn
  - German: Ende
  - Rhine Franconian: End, Enn, Enne, Inn
    Frankfurterisch: IPA [ent], (older) [en]
    Pennsylvania German: End
  - Vilamovian: end

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 46: “PWGmc *andī”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 46: “PWGmc *andī”