annet

English

Alternative forms

• annot, anny

Etymology

From Middle English ende, enede, from Old English ened, æned (“drake, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *anad (“duck”), from Proto-Germanic *anadz (“duck”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oante (“duck”), West Frisian ein (“duck”), Dutch eend (“duck”), German Low German Aant (“duck”), German Ente (“duck”), Norwegian and Swedish and (“duck, mallard”), Icelandic önd (“duck”), Latin anas (“duck, drake”), Lithuanian antis (“duck, mallard”), Russian у́тка (útka, “duck”), Sanskrit आति (ātí, “aquatic bird”).

Noun

annet (plural annets)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A duck or drake.
2. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) The common eider (Somateria mollissima).
3. (UK, dialect, West Country, Cornwall, obsolete) A black-legged kittiwake.
4. (dialectal, figurative) A silly fellow; gull.

Derived terms

• stock annet

Related terms

• drake

Anagrams

• anent

Latin

Verb

annet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of annō

Norwegian Bokmål

Determiner

annet

1. neuter singular of annen

   et annet - another

Derived terms

• annethvert
• annetkammer