Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swestersunu

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 *swestērsunuz, equivalent to *swester +‎ *sunu.

Noun

*swestersunu m

1. one's sister's son; nephew

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*swestersunu
Genitive	*swestersunō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*swestersunu	*swestersuniwi, *swestersunō
Accusative	*swestersunu	*swestersunū
Genitive	*swestersunō	*swestersuniwō
Dative	*swestersuniwi, *swestersunō	*swestersunum
Instrumental	*swestersunu	*swestersunum

Descendants

• Old English: sweostorsunu
  • Middle English: sustersone, systerson, suster sune, suster sone, soster sone, sistur sun, sister sun
    • English: sisterson
• Old Frisian: swestersunu
  • West Frisian: susterssoan
• Old Saxon: *swestarsunu, *sustarsunu
  • Middle Low German: süstersȫne, sustersone, systersȫne
    • German Low German: Süsterssöhn
• Old Dutch: *swestarsunu, *sustarsunu
  • Middle Dutch: sustersone
    • Dutch: zusterzoon
• Old High German: swestersunu, sustersun
  • Middle High German: swestersun, swestersuon, swesterson
    • German: Schwestersohn