Where does “sunlit” come from?
Sunlit combines English sun with English lit, where lit derives from Old English and ultimately Proto-Indo-European lewk- meaning "to shine."
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Ancestry of “sunlit”, 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 |