sonr

Old Norse edit

Alternative forms edit

sunr

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”). Cognate with Old English sunu, Old Frisian sunu, Old Saxon sunu, Old High German sunu, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃 (sunus).

Noun edit

sonr m (genitive sonar, plural synir)

son

Declension edit

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Declension of sonr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sonr	sonrinn	synir	synirnir
accusative	son	soninn	sonu, syni	sonuna
dative	syni	syninum	sonum	sonunum
genitive	sonar	sonarins	sona	sonanna

Descendants edit

Icelandic: sonur, -son
Faroese: sonur, -son
Norn: son
Norwegian Nynorsk: son, -son; (dialectal) sun’e, sun
Elfdalian: sun
Old Swedish: sun, son
- Swedish: son, -son
Danish: søn, -sen
- Norwegian Bokmål: sønn
- German: -sen
Gutnish: sun
→ Middle English: *-son
- English: -son

References edit

“sonr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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