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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.

Ancestry of “sunnūntag”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sunnūntag”

  • Sonntag
  • Sonntagsstaat
  • Sonntagsbrötchen
  • Sonntagsbraten
  • Sonntagskleidung
  • sunnentac
  • sunntac
  • sunta
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