Where does “Mads” come from?

Mads (Norwegian) comes from Danish Mads, from Danish -sen, from Danish søn, from Old Danish sun, from Old Norse sonr, from Proto-Germanic sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús.

Ancestry of “Mads”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishMads
2Danish-sen-son; Forms patronymic surnames
3Danishsønson
4Old Danishsunson
5Old Norsesonrson
6Proto-Germanicsunuzson
7Proto-Indo-European*suhnús

Words derived from “Mads

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *suhnúsEvery word from Proto-Germanic sunuzEvery word from Old Norse sonr
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