*sunuz

Runic: ᛊᚢᚾᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈsu.nuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

son

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (‘son’), with a long vowel contraction in a pre-stressed position, per Dybo's law.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.sunuzsuniwiz
Acc.sunųsununz
Gen.sunauzsuniwǫ̂
Dat.suniwisunumaz
Inst.sunūsunumiz
Voc.sunusuniwiz

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Descendants

  • *sunu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *sunu (Old Dutch)
      • sōne (Middle Dutch)
        • zoon, zoean (Limburgish)
        • zeune (West Flemish)
  • *sunu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *sunu (Old Dutch)
      • sōne (Middle Dutch)
        • zoon (Dutch)
          • seun (Afrikaans)
          • zőn (Jersey Dutch)
  • *sunu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sunu (Old English)
      • sone, sune (Middle English)
        • son (English)
        • son (Scots)
  • *sunu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sunu (Old Frisian)
      • ? (North Frisian)
      • Súun (Saterland Frisian)
      • soan (West Frisian)
  • *sunu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sunu, sun (Old High German)
      • sun, suon, sūn, son (Middle High German)
        • ? (Alemannic German)
        • ? (Bavarian)
        • ? (Central Franconian)
        • Sohn (German)
        • ? (Rhine Franconian)
        • זון (zun) (Yiddish)
  • *sunu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sunu (Old Saxon)
      • sune, sȫne (Middle Low German)
        • Sän (Plautdietsch)
  • *sunu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sunu (Old Saxon)
      • sune, sȫne (Middle Low German)
        • Söhn (Low German)
          • Söhn (German Low German)
          • ? (Westphalian)
  • sonr (Old Norse)
    • sun (Elfdalian)
    • sonur, -son (Faroese)
    • sun (Gutnish)
    • sonur, -son (Icelandic)
    • son (Norn)
    • son, -son, sun’e, sun (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • sonr (Old Norse)
    • søn, -sen (Danish)
      • -sen (German)
      • sønn (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • sonr (Old Norse)
    • *-son (Middle English)
      • -son (English)
  • sonr (Old Norse)
    • sun, son (Old Swedish)
      • son, -son (Swedish)
  • sunr (Old Norse)
    • sun (Elfdalian)
    • sonur, -son (Faroese)
    • sun (Gutnish)
    • sonur, -son (Icelandic)
    • son (Norn)
    • son, -son, sun’e, sun (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • sunr (Old Norse)
    • søn, -sen (Danish)
      • -sen (German)
      • sønn (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • sunr (Old Norse)
    • *-son (Middle English)
      • -son (English)
  • sunr (Old Norse)
    • sun, son (Old Swedish)
      • son, -son (Swedish)
  • 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃 (sunus) (Gothic)

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