Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sunaz

This Proto-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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *swunaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to give birth, bear”).

Noun

*sunaz n

1. boar
2. (in the plural) herd

Inflection

z-stemDeclension of *sunaz (z-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sunaz	*sunizō
vocative	*sunaz	*sunizō
accusative	*sunaz	*sunizō
genitive	*suniziz	*sunizǫ̂
dative	*sunizi	*sunizumaz
instrumental	*sunizē	*sunizumiz

Related terms

• *swanaz
• *swīną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sun
  • Old English: sunor, suner f or n
  • Lombardic: *sonor
    • ⇒ Lombardic: sonorbair
  • → Old French: *sunre, sundre, sondre, soundre m or f (possibly from Old English)
    • Middle French: sonre, sondre, soundre
    • → Middle English: soundre
      • English: sounder
• Old Norse: *sonar-
  • ⇒ Old Norse: sonardreyri
  • ⇒ Old Norse: sonargǫltr