Where does “sunnandæg” come from?

sunnandæg (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *Sunnōn dag, from Latin dies Solis, from Latin sōl, from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ — sun.

sunnandæg (Old English): Sunday

Definitions

  1. Sunday

Ancestry of “sunnandæg”, step by step

sunnandæg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic *Sunnōn dag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*Sunnōn dag—
2Latindies Solissun's day
3Latinsōl—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

via Proto-West Germanic *sunnōn dag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*sunnōn dagSunday

Words derived from “sunnandæg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ →Every word from Latin sōl →Every word from Latin dies Solis →
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