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

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

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

See also

Days of the week in Proto-West Germanic · *wikōn dagō (layout · text)
*Sunnōn dag	*Mānini dag	*Tīwas dag	*Wōdanas dag	*Þunras dag	*Frījā dag	*Sāturnas dag