Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sunnōnskīn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *sunnā (“sun”) +‎ *skīn. Paralleled in North Germanic, such as Icelandic sólskin, Danish solskin.

Noun

*sunnōnskīn m

sunshine

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sunnōnskīn
Genitive	*sunnōnskīnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sunnōnskīn	sunnōnskīnō, sunnōnskīnōs
Accusative	*sunnōnskīn	*sunnōnskīnā
Genitive	*sunnōnskīnas	*sunnōnskīnō
Dative	*sunnōnskīnē	*sunnōnskīnum
Instrumental	*sunnōnskīnu	*sunnōnskīnum

Descendants

Old English: sunnsċīn
- Middle English: sunnesine
  - English: sunshine
Old Frisian: sunnanskīn
- West Frisian: sinneskyn
Old Saxon: sunnonskīn
- Middle Low German: sunnenschîn, sonnenschîn
Old Dutch: *sunnonskīn
- Middle Dutch: sonneschijn, sonnenschijn
  - Dutch: zonneschijn
    - Afrikaans: sonskyn
Old High German: *sunnunskīn
- Middle High German: sunnenschīn, sunneschīn
  - German: Sonnenschein