Where does “sunu” come from?

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

sunu (Old High German): son

Definitions

  1. son

Ancestry of “sunu”, step by step

sunu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic sunu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsunuson
2Proto-Germanicsunuzson
3Proto-Indo-European*suhnús—

via Proto-Germanic *sunu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*sunu—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús →Every word from Proto-Germanic sunuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sunu →