Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sunder

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 Pre-Germanic *sn̥tér or *sn̥Htér, from Proto-Indo-European *sen-, *senH-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄτερ (áter, “apart from, without”). Compare Sanskrit सनुतर् (sanutar, “apart from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sun.der/

Adverb

*sunder

1. asunder, apart, separately

Related terms

• *sundrô

Descendants

• Old English: sundor, sunder
  • Scots: sinder
  • English: sunder
• Old Frisian: sunder
• Old Saxon: sundar
• Old Dutch: sunder
  • Dutch: zonder
• Old High German: suntar
  • German: sondern, sonder-
• Old Norse: sundr
  • Icelandic: sundur
  • Faroese: sundur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sund, sunder
  • Old Swedish: sunder, synder
    • Swedish: sönder
  • Danish: sønder
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sund, sønder