Where does “sunrise” come from?
Sunrise derives from Middle English sonne-rys, a compound of sonne (sun) and rys (rising).
sunrise (English): The time of day when the sun appears above the...
Definitions
- The time of day when the sun appears above the...
Ancestry of “sunrise”, 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 “sunrise”