Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “sonder” come from?

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

sonder (Middle Dutch): without; except

Definitions

  1. without; except

Ancestry of “sonder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsunder—
2Proto-Germanicsundrazseparate, isolated, alone
3Proto-Indo-Europeansnter-—

Words derived from “sonder”

  • zondaar
  • zonder
  • sondâer
  • sonder
  • zonder
  • sonder
  • Putsonderwater
  • sondro
Every word from Proto-Indo-European snter- →