onde

onde · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂enh₁-“to breathe, blow”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*anadô“breath, spirit, zeal”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*anadō
4. Old English · derived fromonda
5. Middle English · derived fromonde
6. English todayonde

From Middle English onde, ande, from Old English onda, anda (“zeal, indignation, anger, malice, envy, hatred”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadō, from Proto-Germanic *anadô (“breath, spirit, zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with Scots aynd, eind, end (“breath”), German Ahnd, And (“pain, anguish”), Danish ånd, ånde (“breath, spirit”), Swedish anda, ande (“spirit, breath”), Icelandic andi (“spirit”), Latin anima (“breath, spirit”). More at animal.

onde · verb²

1. Old Norse · derived fromanda“to breathe”
2. Middle English · derived fromonden
3. English todayonde

From Middle English onden (Northern dialect ande), from Old Norse anda (“to breathe”).

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