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

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

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