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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sunnōn leuht
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *sunnā (“sun”) + *leuht (“light”).
Noun
*sunnōn leuht n
- sunlight
Usage notes
As can be seen in Old English constructions like þǣre sunnan leoht "the sun's light" with the genitive article þǣre, this compound was still synchronically seen as beginning with the genitive of *sunnā at an early stage.
Inflection
Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *sunnōn leuht | |
Genitive | *sunnōn leuhtas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *sunnōn leuht | *sunnōn leuhtu |
Accusative | *sunnōn leuht | *sunnōn leuhtu |
Genitive | *sunnōn leuhtas | *sunnōn leuhtō |
Dative | *sunnōn leuhtē | *sunnōn leuhtum |
Instrumental | *sunnōn leuhtu | *sunnōn leuhtum |
Descendants
- Old English: sunnan leoht
- Middle English: sonnelight, sunneliht
- English: sunlight
- Middle English: sonnelight, sunneliht
- Dutch: zonlicht
- Old High German: sunnūnlioht
- Middle High German: sunnenlieht
- German: Sonnenlicht
- Middle High German: sunnenlieht