Where does “sonne” come from?

sonne (German) comes from Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic sunnā, from Proto-Germanic sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European sh̥₂uén, from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ — sun.

sonne (German): Contraction of so eine; Ungrammatical synonym of...

Definitions

  1. Contraction of so eine; Ungrammatical synonym of...

Ancestry of “sonne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansunnesun
2Old High Germansunnasun; an excuse; justification
3Proto-West Germanicsunnāsun
4Proto-Germanicsunnǭthe sun
5Proto-Indo-Europeansh̥₂uénsun; the Sun
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

Words derived from “sonne”

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