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

Definitions

  1. son, male child

Ancestry of “son”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsunuson, male child
2Proto-West Germanicsunuson
3Proto-Germanicsunuzson
4Proto-Indo-European*suhnús—

Words derived from “son”

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