sunsunu

Old English

Etymology

Reduplication of sunu. For similar formations, compare Swedish sonson, dotterdotter, barnbarn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsun.su.nu/, [ˈsun.zu.nu]

Noun

sunsunu m (nominative plural sunsuna)

  1. grandson (lit., "son's son", specifically the son of one's son)

Declension

Strong u-stem:

singular plural
nominative sunsunu sunsuna
accusative sunsunu sunsuna
genitive sunsuna sunsuna
dative sunsuna sunsunum

See also