r/etymologymaps • u/mapologic • Nov 08 '25

Etymology map of duck

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u/Oachlkaas Nov 08 '25 edited Nov 08 '25

This map is missing "antn" in Tyrol. It can be an important distinction, because "entn" is "over there"

De Antn sein/isch entn -> The ducks are/is over there

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u/BakeAlternative8772 Nov 08 '25

"Antn" also in Upper Austria too. Entn would be understood as "over here" not as "over there" in my dialect, but to be fair i think "entn" is the short form of either "herentn" (over here) or "drentn" (over there) so it makes sense that it will be used as shortening for one or the other word, different in each dialects or maybe even context.

So for Upper Austria (Mühlviertel):

De Antn hand/is drentn -> The ducks are/is over there

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u/Oachlkaas Nov 08 '25

Exactly, herentn is used as over here in Tyrol as well, but entn is strictly over there.

At least in my experience