Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question. · A solution to a problem. · Someone or something that fills a similar role or position. · A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-Indo-European *swer-der. Proto-Germanic *swarō Proto-Germanic *andaswarō Proto-West Germanic *andaswaru Old English andswaru Middle English answere English answer From Middle English answere, andsware, from Old English andswaru (“answer”), from and- (“against”) + swaru (“affirmation”), (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”) and Old English swerian (“to swear”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer-), suggesting an original meaning of "a sworn statement rebutting a charge". The cognates suggest the existence of Proto-Germanic *andaswarō (“a reply to a question”). Cognate with Old Frisian ondser (“answer”), Old Saxon andswōr (“answer”), Danish and Swedish ansvar (“liability, responsibility, answer”), Icelandic andsvar (“answer, response”). Compare also Old English andwyrde (“answer”) (cognate to Dutch antwoord, German Antwort), Old English andcwiss (“reply”), German Schwur (“oath, vow”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*h₂en-ine-pro
- Root classification mention*h₂ent-ine-pro
- Root classification mention*swer-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionanswereenm
- Inherited-form mentionandswaruang
- Word-formation componentand-ang · against
- Word-formation componentswaruang · affirmation
- Derivation mention*h₂ent-ine-pro
- Derivation mentionswerianang
- Derivation mention*swer-ine-pro
- Derivation mention*andaswarōgem-pro
- Cognate mentionondserofs
- Cognate mentionandswōrosx
- Cognate mentionansvarsv
- Cognate mentionandsvaris
- Cognate mentionandwyrdeang
- Cognate mentionantwoordnl
- Cognate mentionAntwortde
- Cognate mentionandcwissang
- Cognate mentionSchwurde
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