Where does “sunnūntag” come from?

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

sunnūntag (Old High German): Sunday

Definitions

  1. Sunday

Ancestry of “sunnūntag”, step by step

sunnūntag 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 “sunnūntag”

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