Where does “Nanna-Suen” come from?
Nanna-Suen (English) comes from Old French suen, from Anglo-Norman suer, from Old French sivre, from Vulgar Latin sequere, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
Nanna-Suen (English): god of the moon
Definitions
- god of the moon
Ancestry of “Nanna-Suen”, step by step
Nanna-Suen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French suen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | suen | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | suer | nominative singular of seror; to dry |
| 3 | Old French | sivre | to follow |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | sequere | to follow; second-person singular future active... |
| 5 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |