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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

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

Words derived from “sunu”

  • Söhnchen
  • Schwiegersohn
  • Sohn
  • Hurensohn
  • Hundesohn
  • sun
  • zun
  • su
  • sun
  • sunn
  • suun
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús →