Where does “sun” come from?

sun (Middle High German) comes from Old High German sun, from Proto-Germanic sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús.

sun (Middle High German): son

Definitions

  1. son

Ancestry of “sun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansun—
2Proto-Germanicsunuzson
3Proto-Indo-European*suhnús—

Words derived from “sun”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús →Every word from Proto-Germanic sunuz →Every word from Old High German sun →