Where does “sund” come from?

sund (Danish) comes from Middle Low German sunt, from Old Saxon sund, from Proto-West Germanic sund, from Proto-Germanic sundaz, from Proto-Indo-European swent- — vigorous, active, healthy; active, healthy.

sund (Danish): a sound, strait; healthy, wholesome

Definitions

  1. a sound, strait; healthy, wholesome

Ancestry of “sund”, step by step

sund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German sunt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansunt—
2Old Saxonsund—
3Proto-West Germanicsundhealthy
4Proto-Germanicsundazhealthy
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswent-vigorous, active, healthy; active, healthy

via Old Norse sund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesundswimming; strait, sound; swimming, sound
2Proto-Germanicsundąswimming; sound, strait
3Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim

Words derived from “sund”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swent- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sundaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sund →