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Where does “Sunderlander” come from?

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

Sunderlander (English): A person from Sunderland

Definitions

  1. A person from Sunderland

Ancestry of “Sunderlander”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSunderland—
2EnglishsunderSundry; separate; different; To break or separate...
3Middle Englishsunder—
4Old Englishsundor-apart, aloof, separately, in a manner that...
5Old Englishsundorapart, separate, private, aloof, by one's self
6Proto-Germanicsundrazseparate, isolated, alone
7Proto-Indo-Europeansnter-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European snter- →