Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sunþrą

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sunþrą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Derived from *sunþraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun.θrɑ̃/

Noun

*sunþrą n

1. south

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *sunþrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sunþrą	*sunþrō
vocative	*sunþrą	*sunþrō
accusative	*sunþrą	*sunþrō
genitive	*sunþras, *sunþris	*sunþrǫ̂
dative	*sunþrai	*sunþramaz
instrumental	*sunþrō	*sunþramiz

Descendants

• Old English: sūþ
  • Middle English: south
    • English: south
• Old Frisian: *sūth
  • Saterland Frisian: Suude
  • West Frisian: súd
• Old Saxon: sūth
  • Low Saxon: süüd
    • German: Süd
• Old Dutch: *sūth
  • Middle Dutch: suid
    • Dutch: zuid
      • Afrikaans: suid
      • → Papiamentu: sùit
• Old High German: sunt
• Old Norse: suðr
  • Icelandic: suður
  • Faeroese: suður
  • Norn: sud
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: sør, syd
    • Nynorsk: sør
  • Old Swedish: sudher
    • Swedish: söder, syd (influenced by Dutch or Low German)
  • Danish: syd
  • Gutnish: sudar, sudur
  • Westrobothnian: sø, sør-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sun.θrɑ̃/

Adverb

*sunþrą (comparative *sunþrōz, superlative *sunþrōst)

1. south, southward

See also

• *austrą
• *nurþrą
• *westrą

Descendants

• Old English: sūþ
  • English: south
• Old High German: *sundar
  • Middle High German: sunder
• Old Norse: suðr
  • Norn: sud
  • Old Swedish: sudher
    • Swedish: söder
  • Westrobothnian: søet, sörätt