*andijaz

Runic: ᚨᚾᛞᛁᛃᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɑn.di.jɑz/

noun · masculine · ja-stem

Meanings

the endpoint or extremity of something, whether the front end or back end

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos, ultimately from *h₂ent- . The formation was probably based on the locative *h₂entí, itself beside *h₂énti, rather than being a direct *-yo- derivative of the root; Ringe (2017: 144, 157) accordingly reconstructs post-PIE *h₂antíos (‘in front’), with *h₂e > *h₂a after laryngeal coloring (Dunkel 2014: 306–10; Hoenigswald 1985: 168; Kroonen 2013: s.v. *andja-; Ringe 2017: 144, 157). The post-root accent accounts regularly for PGmc *d through Verner’s Law (*t > *þ > *d), while *-yo- yields the Germanic *-ija- sequence (with Siever's Law). Neri’s alternative accentuation *h₂antiós would also produce the Germanic form, though Ringe prefers *h₂antíos on comparative grounds (Neri 2009: 8).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.andijazandijōz, andijōs
Acc.andijąandijanz
Gen.andijas, andīsandijǫ̂
Dat.andijaiandijamaz
Inst.andijōandijamiz
Voc.andīandijōz, andijōs

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Descendants

  • *andī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • endi (Old Dutch)
      • ende (Middle Dutch)
        • einde (Dutch)
        • ènj (Limburgish)
  • *andī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ende (Old English)
      • ende, eend, eende, end, eynde, ȝend, hende, yende, ynde (Middle English)
        • end (English)
        • end, ende, hend (Scots)
  • *andī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ende, enda (Old Frisian)
      • Eende, Eend (Saterland Frisian)
      • ein (West Frisian)
  • *andī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • enti (Old High German)
      • ende (Middle High German)
        • Endi, End (Alemannic German)
        • Enk (Central Franconian)
        • Ende (German)
  • *andī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • endi (Old Saxon)
      • ende (Middle Low German)
        • ende (Dutch Low Saxon)
        • End, Enne, Enn (Low German)
  • endi, endir (Old Norse)
    • ende (Danish)
    • endi (Faroese)
    • endir (Icelandic)
    • ende (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • ende (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • endi, endir (Old Norse)
    • ænde (Old Swedish)
      • ände (Swedish)
  • 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (andeis) (Gothic)

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