Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swestersunu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swestērsunuz, equivalent to *swester +‎ *sunu.

Noun

*swestersunu m

  1. one's sister's son; sororal nephew

Inflection

u-stem
Singular
Nominative *swestersunu
Genitive *swestersunō
Singular Plural
Nominative *swestersunu *swestersuniwi, *swestersunō
Accusative *swestersunu *swestersunū
Genitive *swestersunō *swestersuniwō
Dative *swestersuniwi, *swestersunō *swestersunum
Instrumental *swestersunu *swestersunum

Descendants

  • Old English: sweostorsunu
    • Middle English: sustersone, systerson, suster sune, suster sone, soster sone, sistur sun, sister sun
  • Old Frisian: swestersunu
    • West Frisian: susterssoan
  • Old Saxon: *swestarsunu, *sustarsunu
    • Middle Low German: süstersȫne, sustersone, systersȫne
      • German Low German: Süsterssöhn
  • Old Dutch: *swestarsunu, *sustarsunu
    • Middle Dutch: sustersone
      • Dutch: zusterzoon
  • Old High German: swestersunu, sustersun
    • Middle High German: swestersun, swestersuon, swesterson
      • German: Schwestersohn
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