Where does “sønder” come from?

sønder (Danish) comes from Old Norse sundr, from Proto-Germanic sundraz, from Proto-Indo-European snter-.

sønder (Danish): broken, in pieces

Definitions

  1. broken, in pieces

Ancestry of “sønder”, step by step

sønder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse sundr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesundrapart
2Proto-Germanicsundrazseparate, isolated, alone
3Proto-Indo-Europeansnter-—

via Old Danish syndær

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishsyndær—

Words derived from “sønder”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European snter- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sundraz →Every word from Old Norse sundr →