Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sunnā

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 *sunnǭ.

Noun

*sunnā f

1. sun

Reconstruction notes

Middle Germanic forms merged with those from masculine *sunnō (“sun”).

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sunnā
Genitive	*sunnōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sunnā	*sunnōn
Accusative	*sunnōn	*sunnōn
Genitive	*sunnōn	*sunnōnō
Dative	*sunnōn	*sunnōm, *sunnum
Instrumental	*sunnōn	*sunnōm, *sunnum

Alternative reconstructions

• *sunnō m

Related terms

• *sunnig

Descendants

• Old English: sunne f
  • Middle English: sonne, sunne, sone, son, sune, sun, sunna, sunnæ, synne, soen, zunne (Southwest Midland), zonne (Kent)
    • English: sun
    • Scots: sun
    • Yola: zin
• Old Frisian: sunne f
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum, Mooring: san

    Sylt: Sen

  • Saterland Frisian: Sunne
  • West Frisian: sinne
• Old Saxon: sunna f
  • Middle Low German: sunne f or m, sonne
    • Low German: Sünne, Sonne
      • Dutch Low Saxon: zunne
      • German Low German: Sünn, Sünne, Sonn, Sonne
    • Plautdietsch: Sonn
• Old Dutch: sunna f
  • Middle Dutch: sonne f or m
    • Dutch: zon, zonne (obsolete), zun (dialectal)
      • Afrikaans: son
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: sono
      • Jersey Dutch: zon
      • Negerhollands: son, zon
      • → Sranan Tongo: son (see there for further descendants)
    • Limburgish: zón
    • West Flemish: zunne
    • Zealandic: zunne
• Old High German: sunna f
  • Middle High German: sunne f or m
    • Alemannic German: Sunnä

      Italian Walser: sunna, sunnu, sònnò, ŝchunna, ŝchunnà

    • Bavarian: Son

      Cimbrian: sunn, sonde, zunna

      Mòcheno: sunn

      Udinese: suna, sune, sunne

      Viennese: Sun

    • Central Franconian: Sonn, Sunn (rarer variant)
      • Hunsrik: Sunn, Sonn
      • Luxembourgish: Sonn
    • German: Sonne
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Palatine German: Sunn

      Pennsylvania German: Sunn

    • Vilamovian: zunn, zun
    • Yiddish: זון (zun)