Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/anad

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *anadz.

Noun

*anad f

1. duck

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*anad
Genitive	*anadi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*anad	*anadi
Accusative	*anadu	*anadi
Genitive	*anadi	*anadō
Dative	*anadi	*anadum
Instrumental	*anadi	*anadum

Alternative reconstructions

• *anud, *anid

Derived terms

• *anadrekō

Descendants

• Old English: ened, enid, æned, ænid
  • Middle English: ende, enede, hende, henede, heynd
    • Scots: ennet, annet, annot
    • English: ende, ennet, annet, annot
• Old Frisian: *ened, *aned
  • Saterland Frisian: Oante, Oande
  • West Frisian: ein
• Old Saxon: anud
  • Middle Low German: aned, ēnde
    • German Low German: Aant
    • Plautdietsch: Ent
• Old Dutch: ened
  • Middle Dutch: ent, eent, eynt
    • Dutch: eend
      • Afrikaans: eend
      • Jersey Dutch: êntśe (from the diminutive)
• Old High German: anut, aneta, enita
  • Middle High German: anet, ant, ente
    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Ent

      Luxembourgish: Int

    • Rhine Franconian: Ent, Int

      Frankfurterisch: IPA [ent]

    • German: Ente
    • Alemannic German: Ant, Anete
    • Vilamovian: ant