Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sun

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 *sunaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to give birth, bear”).

Noun

*sun n

1. swine
2. (in the plural) herd, especially of swine

Inflection

z-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sun
Genitive	*suniʀi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sun	*suniʀu
Accusative	*sun	*suniʀu
Genitive	*suniʀi	*suniʀō
Dative	*suniʀi	*suniʀum
Instrumental	*suniʀi	*suniʀum

Derived terms

• *sun(i)sti
  • Old Dutch: *sunista
    • Middle Dutch: sonie, soenie, zoenie
      • Dutch: zeunie
      • ⇒ Dutch: zeunis
      • ⇒ Dutch: zeuning
    • → Late Latin: sunesta, sonista
      • → Old High German: sonestis, sonest
  • Old High German: sonista

Related terms

• *swan
• *swīn

Descendants

• Old English: sunor, suner f or n
• →⇒ Late Latin: sonischalt (via Old Dutch)
• Lombardic: *sonor
  • ⇒ Lombardic: sonorbair
• → Old French: *sunre, sundre, sondre, soundre m or f (possibly from Old English)
  • Middle French: sonre, sondre, soundre
  • → Middle English: soundre
    • English: sounder