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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sunnô (“sun”). Masculine construction to *sunnǭ f (“sun”).
Noun
*sunnō m
- sun
Inflection
| Masculine an-stem
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Singular
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*sunnō
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| Genitive
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*sunnini, *sunnan
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*sunnō
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*sunnan
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| Accusative
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*sunnan
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*sunnan
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| Genitive
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*sunnini, *sunnan
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*sunnanō
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| Dative
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*sunnini, *sunnan
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*sunnum
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| Instrumental
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*sunnini, *sunnan
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*sunnum
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Reconstruction notes
Middle Germanic forms merged with those from feminine *sunnā (“sun”).
Descendants
- Old English: sunna m
- Middle English: sonne, sunne, sone, son, sune, sun, sunna, sunnæ, synne, soen, zunne (Southern West Mid), zonne (Kent)
- Old Frisian: sunna m
- Old Saxon: sunno m
- Middle Low German: sonne f or m
- Old Dutch: sunno m
- Middle Dutch: sonne f or m
- Dutch: zon, zun (dialectal)
- Afrikaans: son
- Berbice Creole Dutch: sono
- Jersey Dutch: zon
- Negerhollands: son, zon
- → Sranan Tongo: son (see there for further descendants)
- Limburgish: zón
- West Flemish: zunne
- Zealandic: zunne
- Old High German: sunno m
- Middle High German: sunne f or m
- Alemannic German: Sunnä
- Italian Walser: sunna, sunnu, sònnò, ŝchunna, ŝchunnà
- Bavarian: Son
- Cimbrian: sunn, sonde, zunna
- Mòcheno: sunn
- Udinese: suna, sune, sunne
- Viennese: Sun
- Central Franconian: Sonn, Sunn (rarer variant)
- German: Sonne
- Rhine Franconian:
- Palatine German: Sunn
- Pennsylvania German: Sunn
- Vilamovian: zunn, zun
- Yiddish: זון (zun)