Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sunder

This Proto-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-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

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
- Faroese: sundur
- Old Swedish: sunder, synder
  - Swedish: sönder
- Danish: sønder

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