Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sunnōn dag

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 (“sun”) + *dag (“day”), lit. "day of the sun", a calque of Latin dīes Sōlis (“Sunday”, literally “day of the sun”).

Noun

*sunnōn dag m

1. 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

See also

• (days of the week) *wikōn dagō; *sunnōn dag, *mānini dag, *Tīwas dag, *Wōdanas dag, *Þunras dag, *Frījā dag, *Sāturnas dag ^{(Category: gmw-pro:Days of the week)}

Descendants

• Old English: sunnandæġ
  • Middle English: Sunnenday, Sonnendai, Sonneday, Sonenday, Sunneday, Sonday
    • English: Sunday
      • Tok Pisin: sande
      • → Klamath-Modoc: sandi
      • → Luganda: sande
    • Scots: Soneday, Sunday
    • Yola: Zindei
• Old Frisian: sunnandei, sonnendei
  • North Frisian: söndai, saandi
  • Saterland Frisian: Sundai
  • West Frisian: snein
• Old Saxon: sunnundag
  • Middle Low German: sunnedag
    • Dutch Low Saxon: zundag
    • German Low German: Sünndag
    • Plautdietsch: Sindach
• Old Dutch: sunnadag
  • Middle Dutch: sondach, sonnendach
    • Dutch: zondag
      • Afrikaans: Sondag (see there for further descendants)
    • Limburgish: zönjig, zóndig
• 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 Norse: sunnudagr, sunundægi
  • Icelandic: sunnudagur
  • Faroese: sunnudagur
  • Norwegian:

    Bokmål: søndag

    Nynorsk: sundag

  • Old Swedish: sunnodagher, synnodagher
    • Swedish: söndag
  • Danish: søndag
  • Gutnish: sundag, sundagar, sunde, sund'
  • Westrobothnian: sånda
  • → Finnish: sunnuntai