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Where does “Sunderland” come from?

Sunderland (English) comes from English sunder, from Middle English sunder, from Old English sundor-, from Old English sundor, from Proto-Germanic sundraz, from Proto-Indo-European snter-.

Ancestry of “Sunderland”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsunderSundry; separate; different; To break or separate...
2Middle Englishsunder—
3Old Englishsundor-apart, aloof, separately, in a manner that...
4Old Englishsundorapart, separate, private, aloof, by one's self
5Proto-Germanicsundrazseparate, isolated, alone
6Proto-Indo-Europeansnter-—

Words derived from “Sunderland”

  • Sunderlander
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