-andi

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Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse -andi, from Proto-Germanic *-andz, from Proto-Indo-European *-nt-.

Suffix

-andi

  1. Used to form present participles of verbs.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse -andi, rom Proto-Germanic *-ndz, from Proto-Indo-European *-nts.

Suffix

-andi

  1. Forms agent nouns from verbs. Identical in form and meaning to the present participle.
Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *-andz, from Proto-Indo-European *-ónts.

Suffix

-andi

  1. used to form present participles of verbs
  2. Forms agent nouns from verbs. Identical in form and meaning to the present participle.
Usage notes

The inflected forms were gradually lost and replaced by -andi throughout the Nordic language area. This happened during the 13th century in Norway and as late as in the 17th century in Iceland. In Icelandic, -ǫndum developed into -öndum/-endum, but all inflected forms are now considered obsolete.[1]

Declension
Descendants
  • Icelandic: -andi
  • Faroese: -andi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: -ande
  • Old Swedish: -andi, -ande
  • Danish: -ende

References

  1. ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2019 January 13 (last accessed), archived from the original on 10 January 2009

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *-ndz, from Proto-Indo-European *-nts. Origianlly identical to the past participle, but declines differently in the plural.

Suffix

-andi m

  1. Forms agent nouns from verbs.
Declension
Derived terms