*sundą

Runic: ᛊᚢᚾᛞᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈsun.dɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

swimming
sound, strait

Etymology

From earlier *swumdan (compare Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌿𐌼𐍃𐌻 (swumsl, ‘pool’)), with quasi-Indo-European form *swm̥-tó-m (though whether the root existed in Proto-Indo-European is under question). By synchronic analysis, a nominal derivative of *swimmaną (‘to swim’); see there for more.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	sundą	sundō
Acc.	sundą	sundō
Gen.	sundas, sundis	sundǫ̂
Dat.	sundai	sundamaz
Inst.	sundō	sundamiz
Voc.	sundą	sundō

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Descendants

sund (Old English)
- sund, sound (Middle English)
  - sound (English)
  - sund, sound (Scots)
sund (Old English)
- sonder (Middle French)
  - sonder, sonde (French)
    - sound (English)
*sund (Old Saxon)
- sunt (Middle Low German)
  - sund (Middle High German)
    - Sund (German)
*sunt (Old Dutch)
- sunt, sont (Middle Dutch)
  - zond (Dutch)
sund (Old Norse)
- sund (Danish)
- sund (Faroese)
- sund (Icelandic)
- sund (Norwegian)
sund (Old Norse)
- sund, sond (Old Swedish)
  - sund (Swedish)

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