*andawardaz

From *anda- + *wardaz², literally ‘turned toward, facing (one)’, hence ‘present’. The second constituent belongs to the ablauting verbal-adjectival series *-wardaz ~ *-werdaz (‘turned’), beside *werþaną, with Verner's Law *d ~ *þ (Faltings 2010: 588–89; Heidermanns 1993: 56, 658–59, 672–73). The West Germanic forms support *andawardaz, while Gothic reflects the *-werdaz variant, with *þ analogically restored after 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 (wairþan) (Heidermanns 1993: 672–73). Compare semantically Latin praesēns < praesum, an independent parallel for spatial ‘before, in front of’ > ‘present’ (de Vaan 2008: 599; Lewis & Short 1879: s.v. praesum).