Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sunþr

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 *sunþraz, *sunþrą.

Adjective

*sunþr (comparative *sunþriʀō, superlative *sunþrist)

2. southern, southernly

   Synonym: *sunþrōnī

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

	*norþr
*westr		*austr
	*sunþr

Descendants

• Old English: sūþ
  • Middle English: south, souþ, suþ, sowth, suthe, souþe, suth, souht; zouth
    • English: south
    • Scots: sooth
    • Yola: zouth
  • → Old French: sud, su
    • Middle French: sud
      • French: sud
• Old Frisian: *sūther
  • West Frisian: suder, súd
• Old Saxon: *sūthar
  • Middle Low German: sǖder, suder
• Old High German: sundar
  • Middle High German: sunder

Adverb

*sunþr (comparative *sunþrō, superlative *sunþrōst)

2. toward the south, southward

   Synonym: *sunþraward

Descendants

• Old English: sūþ
• Old Frisian: *sūth
  • West Frisian: súd
• Old Saxon: sūthar
• Old Dutch: *sūthar
  • Middle Dutch: suid
    • Dutch: zuid
      • Afrikaans: suid
      • Negerhollands: sud, seit, syd
      • → Papiamentu: sùit
• Old High German: *sundar
  • Middle High German: sunder

Noun

*sunþr m or n

2. south

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sunþr
Genitive	*sunþras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sunþr	*sunþrō, *sunþrōs
Accusative	*sunþr	*sunþrā
Genitive	*sunþras	*sunþrō
Dative	*sunþrē	*sunþrum
Instrumental	*sunþru	*sunþrum

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sunþr
Genitive	*sunþras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sunþr	*sunþru
Accusative	*sunþr	*sunþru
Genitive	*sunþras	*sunþrō
Dative	*sunþrē	*sunþrum
Instrumental	*sunþru	*sunþrum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: sūth n
  • Saterland Frisian: Sude
  • West Frisian: súd
• Old Saxon: *sūthar
  • Middle Low German: *sūd
    • Low German: süüd
    • → Middle High German: sūd m
      • German: Süd m
• Old High German: sund m or n