Where does “sundry” come from?

Sundry comes from Middle English sondry, from Old English syndriġ, from Old English sundor meaning apart or separately, from Proto-Germanic sundraz, from Proto-Indo-European snter-, from Proto-Indo-European senH-.

sundry (English): Separate; distinct; diverse; Individual; one for...

Definitions

  1. Separate; distinct; diverse; Individual; one for...

Ancestry of “sundry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsondri—
2Old Englishsyndriġseparate, single; sundry, various, distinct;...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “sundry”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Old English -iġ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →