Where does “sunsunu” come from?

sunsunu (Old English) comes from Old English sunu, from Proto-West Germanic sunu, from Proto-Germanic sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús.

sunsunu (Old English): a grandson, specifically the son of one's son

Definitions

  1. a grandson, specifically the son of one's son

Ancestry of “sunsunu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsunuson, male child
2Proto-West Germanicsunuson
3Proto-Germanicsunuzson
4Proto-Indo-European*suhnús—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús →Every word from Proto-Germanic sunuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sunu →