Where does “sunne” come from?

sunne (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic sunnā, from Proto-Germanic sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European sh̥₂uén, from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ — sun.

sunne (Old English): sun

Definitions

  1. sun

Ancestry of “sunne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsunnāsun
2Proto-Germanicsunnǭthe sun
3Proto-Indo-Europeansh̥₂uénsun; the Sun
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

Words derived from “sunne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ →