Where does “son” come from?
son (Scots) comes from Old English sunu, from Proto-West Germanic sunu, from Proto-Germanic sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús.
son (Scots): son, male child
Ancestry of “son”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | sunu | son, male child |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | sunu | son |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sunuz | son |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *suhnús | — |