Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Sunnōn dag

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *Sunnōn (“the Sun's”) +‎ *dag (“day”), calque of Latin diēs Sōlis (“Sunday”, literally “day of the Sun”).

Noun

*Sunnōn dag m

Sunday

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*Sunnōn dag
Genitive	*Sunnōn dagas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*Sunnōn dag	Sunnōn dagō, Sunnōn dagōs
Accusative	*Sunnōn dag	*Sunnōn dagā
Genitive	*Sunnōn dagas	*Sunnōn dagō
Dative	*Sunnōn dagē	*Sunnōn dagum
Instrumental	*Sunnōn dagu	*Sunnōn dagum

Descendants

Old Dutch: sunnadag
- Middle Dutch: sondach, sonnendach
  - Dutch: zondag, Zondag (archaic)
    - Afrikaans: Sondag
      - → Fwe: n-súndà
      - → Shona: svondo
      - → Sotho: Sontaha
      - → Swazi: li-Sontfo
      - → Venda: Swondaha
      - → Xhosa: isonto
      - → Zulu: iSonto
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: sondaka
    - Jersey Dutch: Zœndix
    - Negerhollands: sondag
      - → Virgin Islands Creole: grossondag
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: sondak
    - → Lokono: sondakha
    - → Mohegan-Pequot: zunatar
    - → Japanese: どんたく (dontaku)
  - Limburgish: zönjig, zóndig
Old English: sunnandæġ
- Middle English: Sunnenday, Sonnendai, Sonneday, Sonenday, Sunneday, Sonday, sunnedei, zondai (Kent)
  - English: Sunday (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: Soneday, Sunday
  - Yola: Zindei
Old Frisian: sunnandei, sonnendei
- North Frisian: söndai, saandi
- Saterland Frisian: Sundai
- West Frisian: snein
Old High German: sunnuntag
- Middle High German: sunnentac, sunntac, sunnetac, suntac
  - Alemannic German:
    Swabian: Sunntig, Sonndich
    Walser: ŝchunnutog, sònntag, sunntag, sunnatag, ŝchuntàg
  - Bavarian: Sunnda, sunntach, suntach, sunti
    Carinthian: Sunntog
    Cimbrian: sunta, suntak, zùntag
    Mòcheno: sunta
    Styrian: Sunntog
  - Central Franconian:
    Kölsch: Sonndach
  - East Franconian: Sunndooch
    Main-Franconian: Sundich
  - German: Sonntag
  - Luxembourgish: Sonndeg
  - Rhine Franconian:
    - Pennsylvania German: Sunndaag
  - Vilamovian: zuntaog
  - Yiddish: זונטיק (zuntik), זונטאָג (zuntog)
Old Saxon: sunnundag
- Middle Low German: sunnedag
  - Dutch Low Saxon: zundag
  - German Low German: Sünndag
  - Plautdietsch: Sindach
- → Old Norse: sunnudagr, sunundægi
  - Icelandic: sunnudagur
  - Faroese: sunnudagur
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: sundag; syndag (dialectal)
  - Old Swedish: sunnodagher, synnodagher
    - Swedish: söndag
  - Danish: søndag
    - Norwegian Bokmål: søndag
  - Gutnish: sundag, sundagar, sunde, sund'
  - → Finnish: sunnuntai