-andi

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Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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

Suffix

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-andi

  1. Used to form present participles of verbs.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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

Suffix

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-andi

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

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Etymology 1

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

Suffix

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

References

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

Etymology 2

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

Suffix

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-andi m

  1. Forms agent nouns from verbs.
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