An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/ahnden

by Friedrich Kluge

ahnden, vb., ‘to punish,’ from MidHG. anden, OHG. antôn, anadôn, ‘to punish, censure,’ allied to OHG. anto, anado, m , ‘insult, embittered feeling, anger.’ It corresponds to OSax. ando, ‘exasperation, anger,’ AS. anda, oneþa, ‘zeal, vexation, hatred,’ whence andian, ‘to be angry’; moreover, Goth. preserves in uz-anan, ‘to die,’ the root an, ‘to breathe, respire, snort,’ which appears in these words. Comp. OIc. ande, m., ‘breath, spirit,’ ǫnd, f., ‘breath, soul'; and also AS. êðian, ‘to breathe' (implying Goth. *anþjôn), AS. oruþ, ‘breath' (Goth. *uzanþ), orþian, ‘to breathe,’ OIc. ørendi, ‘breathlessness.’ The root an, preserved in all the cognates, is OAryan, and means ‘to breathe’; comp. Lat. animus, anima, Gr. ἄνεμος, connected with the Aryan root an, ‘to breathe, respire.' — ahnden, vb., ‘to forebode’; see ahnen.