Where does “southerne” come from?

southerne (Middle English) comes from Old English sūþerne, from Proto-Germanic sunþrōnijaz, from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ — sun.

southerne (Middle English): southern

Definitions

  1. southern

Ancestry of “southerne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsūþernesouthern, southerly, coming from the south; of...
2Proto-Germanicsunþrōnijazsouthern
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

Words derived from “southerne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic sunþrōnijaz →Every word from Old English sūþerne →