Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sunu

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 Proto-Germanic *sunuz.

Noun

*sunu m[1]

son

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sunu
Genitive	*sunō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sunu	suniwi, sunō
Accusative	*sunu	*sunū
Genitive	*sunō	*suniwō
Dative	suniwi, sunō	*sunum
Instrumental	*sunu	*sunum

Descendants

Old English: sunu
- Middle English: sone, sune
  - English: son
  - Scots: son
Old Frisian: sunu
- Saterland Frisian: Suun
- West Frisian: soan
Old Saxon: sunu
- Middle Low German: sune, sȫne
  - Low German:
    - German Low German: Söhn
    - Westphalian:
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Suone
      Sauerländisch: Suen, Seyen, Sōn
      Westmünsterländisch: Sönn, Sonn, Sonne
  - Plautdietsch: Sän
Old Dutch: *sunu
- Middle Dutch: sōne, suene
  - Dutch: zoon, -zoon, -sen, (Western Belgium) zeun
    - Afrikaans: seun
Old High German: sunu, sun
- Middle High German: sun, suon, sūn, son
  - Alemannic German:
    Italian Walser: su, ŝchu
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: zun, sun, sunn
    Mòcheno: su'
    Udinese: sun, sunn, suun
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Sohn
  - German: Sohn
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Soh
  - Yiddish: זון‎ (zun)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 43: “PWGmc *sunu”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 43: “PWGmc *sunu”