Where does “sundown” come from?
Sundown comes from English sun and down, where down derives from Old English dūn, Proto-Celtic dūnom, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European roots related to height and position.
sundown (English): Sunset; A hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes...
Definitions
- Sunset; A hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes...
Ancestry of “sundown”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Sun | Abbreviation of Sunday |
| 2 | Middle English | sunne | Alternative form of sonne; sun |
| 3 | Old English | sunne | sun |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sunnā | sun |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sunnǭ | the sun |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sh̥₂uén | sun; the Sun |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sóh₂wl̥ | sun |
Words derived from “sundown”