Where does “son” come from?

son (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish son, from Old Norse sonr, from Proto-Germanic sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús.

son (Swedish): son; someone's male child

Definitions

  1. son; someone's male child

Ancestry of “son”, step by step

son traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish son

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishsonson
2Old Norsesonrson
3Proto-Germanicsunuzson
4Proto-Indo-European*suhnús—

via Swedish Börjeson

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishBörjeson—

Words derived from “son”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús →