Where does “sunder” come from?

Sunder derives from Middle English sunder, from Old English sundrian, from Proto-Germanic sundraz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European snter-.

sunder (English): Sundry; separate; different; To break or separate...

Definitions

  1. Sundry; separate; different; To break or separate...

Ancestry of “sunder”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sunder”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European snter- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sundraz →Every word from Old English sundor →
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