Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sunnju

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 *sunjō (“truth; denial”).

Noun

*sunnju f

1. responsibility
2. care; concern
3. worry; anxiety
4. need

Declension

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sunnju
Genitive	*sunnjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sunnju	*sunnjō
Accusative	*sunnjā	*sunnjā
Genitive	*sunnjā	*sunnjō
Dative	*sunnjē	*sunnjōm, *sunnjum
Instrumental	*sunnju	*sunnjōm, *sunnjum

Alternative reconstructions

• *sunni

Derived terms

• *bisunnju
  • → Vulgar Latin: *bisonium (see there for further descendants)
• *sunnīg

Related terms

• *sunnjōn

Descendants

• Old English: synn, sinn, senn
  • Middle English: synne, cynne, sin, sine, sinne, sunne, syn, synn, senne, zen, zenne (Kent), seonne (Early Middle English)
    • English: sin
    • Scots: sin
  • → Old Frisian: sinne
• Old Saxon: sunnea, sunnia
• Old Dutch: *sunni, *sunnia (attested in Latin texts)
• Old High German: sunna, sunne
• → Late Latin: sonium (see there for further descendants)