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Where does “zoon” come from?

zoon (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch sōne, from Old Dutch sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunu.

zoon (Dutch): son

Definitions

  1. son

Ancestry of “zoon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsōne—
2Old Dutchsunu—
3Proto-Germanic*sunu—

Words derived from “zoon”

  • kleinzoon
  • zoonlief
  • stiefzoon
  • boerenzoon
  • schoonzoon
  • pleegzoon
Every word from Proto-Germanic *sunu →