Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sunþr

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From Proto-Germanic *sunþraz, *sunþrą.

*sunþr (comparative *sunþriʀō, superlative *sunþrist)

2. southern, southernly

   Synonym: *sunþrōnī

(compass points)

	*norþr
*westr		*austr
	*sunþr

• Old English: sūþ
  • Middle English: south, souþ, suþ, sowth, suthe, souþe, suth, souht, zouth (Kent)
    • English: south
    • Scots: sooth
    • Yola: zouth
  • → Old French: sud, su
    • Middle French: sud
      • French: sud
• Old Frisian: *sūther
  • West Frisian: suder, súd
• Old Saxon: *sūthar
  • Middle Low German: sǖder, suder
• Old High German: sundar
  • Middle High German: sunder

*sunþr (comparative *sunþrō, superlative *sunþrōst)

2. toward the south, southward

   Synonym: *sunþraward

• Old English: sūþ
• Old Frisian: *sūth
  • West Frisian: súd
• Old Saxon: sūthar
• Old Dutch: *sūthar
  • Middle Dutch: suid
    • Dutch: zuid
      • Afrikaans: suid
      • Negerhollands: sud, seit, syd
      • → Papiamentu: sùit
• Old High German: *sundar
  • Middle High German: sunder

*sunþr m or n

2. south

• Old Frisian: sūth n
  • Saterland Frisian: Sude
  • West Frisian: súd
• Old Saxon: *sūthar
  • Middle Low German: *sūd
    • Low German: süüd
    • → Middle High German: sūd m
      • German: Süd m
• Old High German: sund m or n