From PIE *h2ent- (front, opposite) — originally not 'final point' but 'the facing edge,' the boundary where things meet.
To come or bring to a final point; to cease to exist or continue.
From Old English 'endian' meaning 'to end, finish, abolish,' derived from the noun 'ende' (end, boundary, limit, tip), from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (end, boundary), from PIE root *h₂ent- meaning 'front, forehead, opposite.' The surprising original sense was not 'final point' but 'the part facing you' — the boundary or edge of something as seen from the front. The shift from 'what faces you' to 'where something stops' reflects how