Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sunþrą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from *sunþraz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsun.θrɑ̃/

Noun

*sunþrą n

south

Inflection

Declension of *sunþrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sunþrą	*sunþrō
vocative	*sunþrą	*sunþrō
accusative	*sunþrą	*sunþrō
genitive	sunþras, sunþris	*sunþrǫ̂
dative	*sunþrai	*sunþramaz
instrumental	*sunþrō	*sunþramiz

Coordinate terms

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	*nurþraz
*westraz		*austraz
	*sunþraz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sunþr
- Old English: sūþ
  - Middle English: south
    - English: south
- Old Frisian: sūth
  - Saterland Frisian: Suude
  - West Frisian: súd
- Old Saxon: sūth
  - Low German: süüd
    - → German: Süd
- Old Dutch: *sūth
  - Middle Dutch: suid
    - Dutch: zuid
      - Afrikaans: suid
      - Negerhollands: sud, seit, syd
      - → Papiamentu: sùit
- Old High German: sunt
Old Norse: suðr, sunnr
- Icelandic: suður
- Faroese: suður
- Norn: sud
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sud, sør
- Norwegian Bokmål: sør
- Old Swedish: sudher
  - Swedish: söder, syd (influenced by Dutch or Low German)
- Old Danish: suth
  - Danish: syd
  - Norwegian Bokmål: syd
- Gutnish: sudar, sudur