English
Sonnenschein
Sonnenschein comes from German Sonnenschein.
- Germanc. 1650–presentSonnenschein
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Germanc. 1650–presentSonnenschein
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of Sonne ‘a sun’ + Schein ‘shine, gleam, flash’
Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén-
Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ ‘the sun’
Proto-West Germanic *sunnā ‘sun’
Old High German sunna ‘sun’
Middle High German sunne ‘sun’
German Sonne ‘a sun’
Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén-
Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ ‘the sun’
Proto-West Germanic *sunnā ‘sun’
Old High German sunna ‘sun’
Middle High German sunne ‘sun’
German Sonne ‘a sun’
German Schein ‘shine, gleam, flash’
Every English word from German Sonnenschein
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Sonnenschein / Sonnenschein