Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sun

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to give birth, bear”).

Noun

*sun n

  1. swine
  2. (in the plural) herd, especially of swine

Inflection

z-stem
Singular
Nominative *sun
Genitive *suniʀi
Singular Plural
Nominative *sun *suniʀu
Accusative *sun *suniʀu
Genitive *suniʀi *suniʀō
Dative *suniʀi *suniʀum
Instrumental *suniʀi *suniʀum

Derived terms

  • *sun(i)sti
    • Old Dutch: *sunista
      • Middle Dutch: sonie, soenie, zoenie
        • Dutch: zeunie
        • ⇒ Dutch: zeunis
        • ⇒ Dutch: zeuning
      • → Late Latin: sunesta, sonista
        • → Old High German: sonestis, sonest
    • Old High German: sonista

Descendants

  • Old English: sunor, suner f or n
  • →⇒ Late Latin: sonischalt (via Old Dutch)
  • Lombardic: *sonor
    • ⇒ Lombardic: sonorbair
  • → Old French: *sunre, sundre, sondre, soundre m or f (possibly from Old English)
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