Etymograph

English

Sonne

Sonne comes from German Sonne ‘a sun’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sh̥₂uén-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sunnǭ‘the sun’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sunnā‘sun’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050sunna‘sun’
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350sunne‘sun’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentSonne‘a sun’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sh̥₂uén-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sunnǭ‘the sun’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sunnā‘sun’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050sunna‘sun’
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350sunne‘sun’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentSonne‘a sun’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-West Germanic *sunnā ‘sun’

sun, sunny, 1 more

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén- / Sonne

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