Where does “sonder” come from?

sonder (Malay) comes from Dutch zonder, from Middle Dutch sonder, from Old Dutch sunder, from Proto-Germanic sundraz, from Proto-Indo-European snter-.

sonder (Malay): without

Definitions

  1. without

Ancestry of “sonder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzonderwithout
2Middle Dutchsonderwithout; except
3Old Dutchsunder—
4Proto-Germanicsundrazseparate, isolated, alone
5Proto-Indo-Europeansnter-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European snter- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sundraz →Every word from Old Dutch sunder →