*sunnǭ
Runic: ᛊᚢᚾᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈsun.nɔ̃ː/noun · feminine · ōn-stem
Meanings
the sun
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’). Note the possibility of influence on or from the gender of their personifications in Germanic mythology, which are accordingly female and male.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | sunnǭ | sunnōniz |
| Acc. | sunnōnų | sunnōnunz |
| Gen. | sunnōniz | sunnōnǫ̂ |
| Dat. | sunnōni | sunnōmaz |
| Inst. | sunnōnē | sunnōmiz |
| Voc. | sunnǭ | sunnōniz |
Descendants
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*sunnā (Proto-West Germanic)
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sunna (Old Dutch)
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sonne (Middle Dutch)
- zón (Limburgish)
- zunne (West Flemish)
- zunne (Zealandic)
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sonne (Middle Dutch)
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sunna (Old Dutch)
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*sunnā (Proto-West Germanic)
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sunna (Old Dutch)
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sonne (Middle Dutch)
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zon, zun (Dutch)
- son (Afrikaans)
- sono (Berbice Creole Dutch)
- zon (Jersey Dutch)
- son, zon (Negerhollands)
- son (Sranan Tongo)
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zon, zun (Dutch)
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sonne (Middle Dutch)
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sunna (Old Dutch)
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*sunnā (Proto-West Germanic)
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sunne (Old English)
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sonne, sunne, sone, son, sune, sun, sunna, sunnæ, synne, soen, zunne, zonne (Middle English)
- sun (English)
- sun (Scots)
- zin (Yola)
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sonne, sunne, sone, son, sune, sun, sunna, sunnæ, synne, soen, zunne, zonne (Middle English)
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sunne (Old English)
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*sunnā (Proto-West Germanic)
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sunne (Old Frisian)
- ? (North Frisian)
- Sunne (Saterland Frisian)
- sinne (West Frisian)
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sunne (Old Frisian)
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*sunnā (Proto-West Germanic)
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sunna (Old High German)
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sunne (Middle High German)
- Sunnä (Alemannic German)
- Son (Bavarian)
- Sonne (German)
- ? (Rhine Franconian)
- zunn, zun (Vilamovian)
- זון (zun) (Yiddish)
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sunne (Middle High German)
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sunna (Old High German)
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*sunnā (Proto-West Germanic)
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sunna (Old High German)
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sunne (Middle High German)
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Sonn, Sunn (Central Franconian)
- Sunn, Sonn (Hunsrik)
- Sonn (Luxembourgish)
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Sonn, Sunn (Central Franconian)
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sunne (Middle High German)
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sunna (Old High German)
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*sunnā (Proto-West Germanic)
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sunna (Old Saxon)
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sunne, sonne (Middle Low German)
- Sonn (Plautdietsch)
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sunne, sonne (Middle Low German)
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sunna (Old Saxon)
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*sunnā (Proto-West Germanic)
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sunna (Old Saxon)
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sunne, sonne (Middle Low German)
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Sünne, Sonne (Low German)
- zunne (Dutch Low Saxon)
- Sünn, Sünne, Sonn, Sonne (German Low German)
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Sünne, Sonne (Low German)
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sunne, sonne (Middle Low German)
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sunna (Old Saxon)
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sunna (Old Norse)
- sunna (Faroese)
- sunna (Icelandic)
- sjiner (Norn)
- 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō) (Gothic)
- sune (Crimean Gothic)