sunna
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ. Cognate with German Sonne, Dutch zon, English sun, Icelandic sunna.
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Czech
Alternative forms
Hausa
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse sunna, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- < *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Germanic cognates: Faroese sunna, English sun, West Frisian sinne, Low German Sünn, Zunne, Dutch zon, German Sonne, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō).
Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit स्वर् (svar), Greek ἥλιος (ἥlios), Latin sol, Old Church Slavonic слъньцє (slŭnĭce), Russian солнце (solnce), Latvian saũle, Welsh haul.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʏnːa
Noun
Declension
Italian
Middle English
Old Dutch
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- < *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Inflection
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | sunna | ̈*sunnon |
accusative | sunna | *sunnon |
genitive | *sunnun | *sunneno |
dative | sunnun | *sunnon |
Descendants
Further reading
- “sunna”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Etymology 2
Unclear.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “son”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
Old English
Etymology
Masculine form of sunne. Cognate with Old High German sunno, Old Saxon sunno.
Declension
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sunna”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old High German
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, whence also Old English sunne. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- < *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Compare Old Saxon sunna, Old Dutch sunna, Old English sunne, Old Norse sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō).
Declension
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | sunna | sunnun |
accusative | sunnūn | sunnun |
genitive | sunnūn | sunnōno |
dative | sunnūn | sunnōm |
Descendants
References
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō.
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
- Grimm, Jacob, Teutonic Mythology, vol 1, 1882.
Old Irish
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- < *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- setr sunnu (“the seat of the sun; heaven”)
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, whence also Old English sunne. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- < *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Compare Old Dutch sunna, Old English sunne, Old Frisian sunne, Old High German sunna, Old Norse sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō).