Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Sunnōn dag

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-Germanic

Etymology

From *sunnōniz (“sun”) + *dagaz (“day”), lit. "day of the sun", a calque of Latin dīes Sōlis (“Sunday; lit. day of the sun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun.nɔː.niz ˈdɑ.ɣɑz/

Noun

*sunnōniz dagaz m

1. Sunday

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *Sunnōn dag (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*Sunnōn dag	*Sunnōn daiz
vocative	*Sunnōn da	*Sunnōn daiz
accusative	*Sunnōn daų	*Sunnōn daunz
genitive	*Sunnōn daiz	*Sunnōn daǫ̂
dative	*Sunnōn dai	*Sunnōn daumaz
instrumental	*Sunnōn daē	*Sunnōn daumiz

See also

• Template:list:days of the week/gem-pro

Descendants

• Old English: sunnandæġ
  • Middle English: Sunnenday, Sonnendai, Sonneday, Sonenday, Sunneday, Sonday, sunnedei; zondai (Kent)
    • English: Sunday (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: Soneday, Sunday
    • Yola: Zindei
• Old Frisian: sunnandei, sonnendei
  • North Frisian: söndai, saandi
  • Saterland Frisian: Sundai
  • West Frisian: snein
• Old Saxon: sunnundag
  • Middle Low German: sunnedag
    • Dutch Low Saxon: zundag
    • German Low German: Sünndag
    • Plautdietsch: Sindach
• Old Dutch: sunnadag
  • Middle Dutch: sondach, sonnendach
    • Dutch: zondag
      • Afrikaans: Sondag
        • → Fwe: n-súndà
        • → Shona: svondo
        • → Sotho: Sontaha
        • → Swazi: li-Sontfo
        • → Venda: Swondaha
        • → Xhosa: isonto
        • → Zulu: iSonto
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: sondaka
      • Jersey Dutch: Zœndix
      • Negerhollands: sondag
        • → Virgin Islands Creole: grossondag
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: sondak
      • → Lokono: sondakha
      • → Mohegan-Pequot: zunatar
      • → Japanese: どんたく (dontaku)
    • Limburgish: zönjig, zóndig
• Old High German: sunnuntag
  • Middle High German: sunnentac, sunntac, sunnetac, suntac
    • Alemannic German:

      Swabian: Sunntig, Sonndich

      Walser: ŝchunnutog, sònntag, sunntag, sunnatag, ŝchuntàg

    • Bavarian: Sunnda, sunntach, suntach, sunti

      Carinthian: Sunntog

      Cimbrian: sunta, suntak, zùntag

      Mòcheno: sunta

      Styrian: Sunntog

    • Central Franconian:

      Kölsch: Sonndach

    • East Franconian: Sunndooch

      Main-Franconian: Sundich

    • German: Sonntag
    • Luxembourgish: Sonndeg
    • Rhine Franconian:
      • Pennsylvania German: Sunndaag
    • Vilamovian: zuntaog
    • Yiddish: זונטיק (zuntik), זונטאָג (zuntog)
• Old Norse: sunnudagr, sunundægi
  • Icelandic: sunnudagur
  • Faroese: sunnudagur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sundag
  • Old Swedish: sunnodagher, synnodagher
    • Swedish: söndag
  • Danish: søndag
    • Norwegian Bokmål: søndag
  • Gutnish: sundag, sundagar, sunde, sund'
  • → Finnish: sunnuntai
• → Finnish: sunnuntai