-andi

See also: andi, Andi, and àndǐ

Icelandic

Etymology 1

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

Suffix

-andi

1. Used to form present participles of verbs.

Derived terms

Icelandic terms suffixed with -andi

Etymology 2

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

Suffix

-andi

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

Derived terms

• nemandi

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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

Suffix

-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

The inflected forms were gradually lost and replaced by -andi throughout the Nordic language area. This happened during the 13^th century in Norway and as late as in the 17^th century in Iceland. In Icelandic, -ǫndum developed into -öndum/-endum, but all inflected forms are now considered obsolete.

Declension

    Declension of present participles

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-andi	-andi	-anda
accusative	-anda	-andi	-anda
dative	-anda	-andi	-anda
genitive	-anda	-andi	-anda
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-andi	-andi	-andi
accusative	-andi	-andi	-andi
dative	-ǫndum	-ǫndum	-ǫndum
genitive	-andi	-andi	-andi

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

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

Suffix

-andi m

1. Forms agent nouns from verbs.

Declension

  Declension of -andi (strong nd-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	-andi	-andinn	-endr	-endrnir
accusative	-anda	-andann	-endr	-endrna
dative	-anda	-andanum	-ǫndum	-ǫndunum
genitive	-anda	-andans	-anda	-andanna

Derived terms

Old Norse terms suffixed with -andi