Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sunder

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

From Pre-Germanic *sn̥tér or *sn̥Htér, from Proto-Indo-European *sen-, *senH-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄτερ (áter, “apart from, without”). Compare Sanskrit सनुतर् (sanutar, “apart from”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sun.der/

Adverb

*sunder

  1. asunder, apart, separately

Descendants

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