Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sunnju

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

Alternative reconstructions

*sunni^[1]

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth; denial”).

Noun

*sunnju f

Declension

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sunnju
Genitive	*sunnjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sunnju	*sunnjō
Accusative	*sunnjā	*sunnjā
Genitive	*sunnjā	*sunnjō
Dative	*sunnjē	sunnjōm, sunnjum
Instrumental	*sunnju	sunnjōm, sunnjum

Derived terms

*bisunnju
- → Vulgar Latin: *bisonium (see there for further descendants)

Related terms

*sunnijōn

Descendants

Old English: synn, sinn, senn
- Middle English: synne, cynne, sin, sine, sinne, sunne, syn, synn, senne, zen, zenne (Kent), seonne (Early Middle English)
  - English: sin
  - Scots: sin
Old Saxon: sunnea
Old High German: sunna, sunne
→ Late Latin: sonium (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*sunni”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 272