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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sunnǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly feminized from *sunnô (“sun”) in an opposing gender pair with masculine *mēnô (“moon”), akin to Latin cognate sōl m (“sun”) and lūna f (“moon”).[1] See *sunnô.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsun.nɔ̃ː/

Noun

*sunnǭ f[2][3][1][4]

  1. the sun

Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *sunnǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sunnǭ *sunnōniz
vocative *sunnǭ *sunnōniz
accusative *sunnōnų *sunnōnunz
genitive *sunnōniz *sunnōnǫ̂
dative *sunnōni *sunnōmaz
instrumental *sunnōnē *sunnōmiz

Descendants

References
  1. Franck, Johannes (1892) “zon”, in Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff: “Germ. *sunnô(n)-”
  2. Hilmarsson, Jörundur (1987) “Reflexes of I.-E. *suH2n̥to-/-ōn ‘sunny’ in Germanic and Tocharian”, in Sprache 33, pages 56–78
  3. Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “sunne”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 382: “PGMC: *sunnō, *sunnan-”
  4. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*soel- ~ *sunnōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 463-464
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