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

  1. The time of day when the sun appears above the...

Ancestry of “sunrise”, step by step

sunrise traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Sun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSunAbbreviation of Sunday
2Middle EnglishsunneAlternative form of sonne; sun
3Old Englishsunnesun
4Proto-West Germanicsunnāsun
5Proto-Germanicsunnǭthe sun
6Proto-Indo-Europeansh̥₂uénsun; the Sun
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

via English rise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishriseTo move, or appear to move, physically upwards...
2Middle Englishrisento rise
3Old Englishrīsanto rise; to seize, carry off
4Proto-West Germanic*rīsanto scale; move vertically (either up or down)
5Proto-Germanicrīsanąto scale; move vertically; to rise
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rey-to arise, arise; to rise, arise; to rise; arise

via Middle English sonne-rys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsonne-rys—

Words derived from “sunrise”

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