Where does “sonder” come from?
sonder (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch zonder, from Middle Dutch sonder, from Old Dutch sunder, from Proto-Germanic sundraz, from Proto-Indo-European snter-.
sonder (Afrikaans): without
Ancestry of “sonder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | zonder | without |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | sonder | without; except |
| 3 | Old Dutch | sunder | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sundraz | separate, isolated, alone |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | snter- | — |
Words derived from “sonder”