sonr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”). Cognate with Old English sunu, Old Frisian sunu, Old Saxon sunu, Old High German sunu, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃 (sunus).

Noun

sonr m (genitive sonar, plural synir)

  1. son

Declension

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Declension of sonr (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sonr sonrinn synir synirnir
accusative son soninn sonu, syni sonuna
dative syni syninum sonum sonunum
genitive sonar sonarins sona sonanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sonur, -son
  • Faroese: sonur, -son
  • Norn: son
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: son, -son; (dialectal) sun’e, sun
  • Elfdalian: sun
  • Old Swedish: sun, son
  • Danish: søn, -sen
  • Gutnish: sun
  • → Middle English: *-son

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sonr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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