Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sunu

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 *sunuz.

Noun

*sunu m

1. son

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sunu
Genitive	*sunō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sunu	*suniwi, *sunō
Accusative	*sunu	*sunū
Genitive	*sunō	*suniwō
Dative	*suniwi, *sunō	*sunum
Instrumental	*sunu	*sunum

Descendants

• Old English: sunu
  • Middle English: sone, sune
    • English: son
    • Scots: son
• Old Frisian: sunu
  • Saterland Frisian: Súun
  • West Frisian: soan
• Old Saxon: sunu
  • Middle Low German: sune, sȫne
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: Söhn
      • Westphalian:

        Lippisch: Suhne m

        Ravensbergisch: Suone

        Sauerländisch: Suen, Seyen, Sōn

        Westmünsterländisch: Sönn, Sonn, Sonne

    • Plautdietsch: Sän
• Old Dutch: *sunu
  • Middle Dutch: sōne
    • Dutch: zoon
      • Afrikaans: seun
      • Jersey Dutch: zőn
    • Limburgish: zoon, zoean
    • West Flemish: zeune
• Old High German: sunu, sun
  • Middle High German: sun, suon, sūn, son
    • Alemannic German:

      Italian Walser: su, ŝchu

    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: zun, sun, sunn

      Mòcheno: su'

      Udinese: sun, sunn, suun

    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Sohn

    • German: Sohn
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Soh

    • Yiddish: זון (zun)