Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sunþraz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros, from *sóh₂w-l̥ ~ *sh₂w-én-s (“the sun”) + *-teros (directional suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*sunþraz (comparative *sunþrizô, superlative *sunþristaz)
Inflection
Declension of *sunþraz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *sunþraz | *sunþrai | *sunþrō | *sunþrôz | *sunþrą, -atō | *sunþrō |
| Accusative | *sunþranǭ | *sunþranz | *sunþrǭ | *sunþrōz | *sunþrą, -atō | *sunþrō |
| Genitive | *sunþras, -is | *sunþraizǫ̂ | *sunþraizōz | *sunþraizǫ̂ | *sunþras, -is | *sunþraizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *sunþrammai | *sunþraimaz | *sunþraizōi | *sunþraimaz | *sunþrammai | *sunþraimaz |
| Instrumental | *sunþranō | *sunþraimiz | *sunþraizō | *sunþraimiz | *sunþranō | *sunþraimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *sunþrô | *sunþraniz | *sunþrǭ | *sunþrōniz | *sunþrô | *sunþrōnō |
| Accusative | *sunþranų | *sunþranunz | *sunþrōnų | *sunþrōnunz | *sunþrô | *sunþrōnō |
| Genitive | *sunþriniz | *sunþranǫ̂ | *sunþrōniz | *sunþrōnǫ̂ | *sunþriniz | *sunþranǫ̂ |
| Dative | *sunþrini | *sunþrammaz | *sunþrōni | *sunþrōmaz | *sunþrini | *sunþrammaz |
| Instrumental | *sunþrinē | *sunþrammiz | *sunþrōnē | *sunþrōmiz | *sunþrinē | *sunþrammiz |
Derived terms
Coordinate terms
(compass points)
| *nurþraz | ||
| *westraz | 
|
*austraz |
| *sunþraz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *sunþr
Adverb
*sunþraz (comparative *sunþrōz, superlative *sunþrōst)
Descendants
- Old English: sūþ
- English: south
- Old Saxon: sūthar
- Old High German: *sundar
- Middle High German: sunder
- Old Norse: suðr, sunnr
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sunþera-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 492