Etymograph

English

tother

Tother comes from Middle English other ‘the/that other’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂en.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂en1‘on the other side’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂énteros2‘other’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*anþeraz3reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*anþar3reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150ōþer4
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500other5‘the/that other’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500þe toþer5
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1876tother5

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *anþeraz
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Old English oþer
  4. 4 Wiktionary, Middle English other
  5. 5 Wiktionary, English tother
  6. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1876, The Shamrock: “Well, Guv'nor, he stood up by-and-by, and taking the…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enWiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros‘on the other side’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂énterosWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *anþeraz‘other’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*anþerazWiktionary, Old English oþerreconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*anþarWiktionary, Old English oþerreconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150ōþerWiktionary, Middle English other
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500otherWiktionary, English tother‘the/that other’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500þe toþerWiktionary, English tother
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1876totherWiktionary, English tother. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1876, The Shamrock: “Well, Guv'nor, he stood up by-and-by, and taking the…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros ‘other’

anterior, 1 more

through Middle English other ‘the/that other’

another, 1 more

Today it means

pron Other. Most often used after the.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tother”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros, Proto-Germanic *anþeraz, Old English oþer, Middle English other. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂en / tother

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