Where does “sunt” come from?

sunt (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon sund, from Proto-West Germanic sund, from Proto-Germanic sundaz, from Proto-Indo-European swent- — vigorous, active, healthy; active, healthy.

Ancestry of “sunt”, step by step

sunt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon sund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonsund—
2Proto-West Germanicsundhealthy
3Proto-Germanicsundazhealthy
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswent-vigorous, active, healthy; active, healthy

via Proto-Germanic sundą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsundąswimming; sound, strait
2Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim

Words derived from “sunt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swent- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sundaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sund →