Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sunaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *swunaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to give birth, bear”).

Noun

*sunaz n

  1. boar
  2. (in the plural) herd

Inflection

Declension of *sunaz (z-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sunaz *sunizō
vocative *sunaz *sunizō
accusative *sunaz *sunizō
genitive *suniziz *sunizǫ̂
dative *sunizi *sunizumaz
instrumental *sunizē *sunizumiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sun
    • Old English: sunor, suner f or n
    • →⇒ Late Latin: sonischalt (via Old Dutch)
    • Lombardic: *sonor
      • ⇒ Lombardic: sonorbair
    • → Old French: *sunre, sundre, sondre, soundre m or f (possibly from Old English)
  • Old Norse: *sonar-
    • ⇒ Old Norse: sonardreyri
    • ⇒ Old Norse: sonargǫltr
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