Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sunnǭ
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly feminized from *sunnô (“sun”) in an opposing gender pair with masculine *mēnô (“moon”), akin to Latin cognate sōl m (“sun”) and lūna f (“moon”).[1] See *sunnô.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- the sun
Inflection[edit]
| ōn-stemDeclension of *sunnǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *sunnǭ | *sunnōniz | |
| vocative | *sunnǭ | *sunnōniz | |
| accusative | *sunnōnų | *sunnōnunz | |
| genitive | *sunnōniz | *sunnōnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *sunnōni | *sunnōmaz | |
| instrumental | *sunnōnē | *sunnōmiz | |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *sunnā
- Old Norse: sunna
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō)
- Crimean Gothic: sune
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Franck, Johannes (1892) “zon”, in Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff: “Germ. *sunnô(n)-”
- ^ Hilmarsson, Jörundur (1987) “Reflexes of I.-E. *suH2n̥to-/-ōn ‘sunny’ in Germanic and Tocharian”, in Sprache 33, pages 56–78
- ^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “sunne”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 382: “PGMC: *sunnō, *sunnan-”
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*soel- ~ *sunnōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 463-464