Where does “Whitsun” come from?
I need to point out an issue with this chain: it appears to contain errors and inconsistencies that make it impossible to write an accurate etymology following your rules.
The chain shows:
- English white → Middle English sunnenday → Old English hwīt → Proto-Germanic hwītaz → Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos → (then three identical repetitions of sóh₂wl̥)
Problems:
1. "sunnenday" (Sunday) doesn't etymologically connect to "white" or lead to "Whitsun"
2. The jump from Proto-Germanic hwītaz (meaning "white") to ḱweytos to sóh₂wl̥ (sun) breaks the chain
3. The three identical final steps suggest a copy-paste error
4. The chain doesn't support "Whitsun" (which relates to "White Sunday,"
Whitsun (English): Whitsunday; The holiday beginning on Whitsunday;...
Definitions
- Whitsunday; The holiday beginning on Whitsunday;...
Ancestry of “Whitsun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Whitsunday | The Sunday of the feast of Pentecost, seven weeks... |
Words derived from “Whitsun”