Where does “sund” come from?
sund (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic sundą, from Proto-Germanic swimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European swem(bʰ)- — to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim.
sund (Norwegian Bokmål): sound, strait, channel
Ancestry of “sund”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | sund | swimming; strait, sound; swimming, sound |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sundą | swimming; sound, strait |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | swimmaną | to be unsteady; to swim; float |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swem(bʰ)- | to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim |