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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, back, in return”). Compare Old Norse endr- (“re-”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
ander-
- denoting reversal or something done in return
- anderġilde ― in compensation
Umbrian
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *ənter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Prefix
ander- (late Iguvine)
- alternative form of 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄𐌓- (anter-)
Derived terms
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 306
- Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary