An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Ende

by Friedrich Kluge

Ende, neuter, ‘end, aim, termination,’ from the equivalent Middle High German ęnde, Old High German ęnti, masculine, neuter; corresponds to Old Saxon ęndi, masculine, Dutch einde, Anglo-Saxon ęnde, masculine, English end, Old Icelandic ender, ende, masculine, Gothic andeis, masculine ‘end.’ The common Teutonic stem andja-, from pre-Teutonic antyá-, is closely connected with Sans ánta-s, masculine, ‘boundary, end, edge, border,’ Old Irish êt (from anto-?), ‘end, point.’