Etymology Explorer › Old Danish

Where does “sun” come from?

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

sun (Old Danish): son

Definitions

  1. son

Ancestry of “sun”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sun”

  • Petersen
  • Sorensen
  • Christiansen
  • Gregersen
  • Steffensen
  • Kjeldsen
  • Lauritsen
  • Villadsen
  • Thygesen
  • Hermansen
  • søn
  • Klausen
  • Mathiasen
  • Gundersen
  • Thomassen
  • Berntsen
  • Sivertsen
  • Christiansen
  • Edvardsen
  • Kristensen
  • Isaksen
  • Knudsen
  • Eliassen
  • Paulsen
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