Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sunu

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 *sunuz.

    Noun

    *sunu m[1]

    1. son

    Inflection

    u-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *sunu
    Genitive *sunō
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *sunu *suniwi, *sunō
    Accusative *sunu *sunū
    Genitive *sunō *suniwō
    Dative *suniwi, *sunō *sunum
    Instrumental *sunu *sunum

    Descendants

    • Old English: sunu
      • Middle English: sone, sune
    • Old Frisian: sunu
    • Old Saxon: sunu
      • Middle Low German: sune, sȫne
        • Low German: Söhn
          • German Low German: Söhn
          • Westphalian:
            Lippisch: Suhne m
            Ravensbergisch: Suone
            Sauerländisch: Suen, Seyen, Sōn
            Westmünsterländisch: Sönn, Sonn, Sonne
        • Plautdietsch: Sän
    • Old Dutch: *sunu
    • Old High German: sunu, sun

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 43: “PWGmc *sunu”
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