Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sunnōnskīn

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 *sunnā (“sun”) +‎ *skīn. Paralleled in North Germanic, such as Icelandic sólskin, Danish solskin.

Noun

*sunnōnskīn m

1. sunshine

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sunnōnskīn
Genitive	*sunnōnskīnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sunnōnskīn	*sunnōnskīnō, *sunnōnskīnōs
Accusative	*sunnōnskīn	*sunnōnskīnā
Genitive	*sunnōnskīnas	*sunnōnskīnō
Dative	*sunnōnskīnē	*sunnōnskīnum
Instrumental	*sunnōnskīnu	*sunnōnskīnum

Descendants

• Old English: sunnsċīn
  • Middle English: sunnesine
    • English: sunshine
• Old Frisian: sunnanskīn
  • West Frisian: sinneskyn
• Old Saxon: sunnonskīn
  • Middle Low German: sunnenschîn, sonnenschîn
• Old Dutch: *sunnonskīn
  • Middle Dutch: sonneschijn, sonnenschijn
    • Dutch: zonneschijn
      • Afrikaans: sonskyn
• Old High German: *sunnunskīn
  • Middle High German: sunnenschīn, sunneschīn
    • German: Sonnenschein