sunnudagr

Old Norse

Etymology

From late Proto-Germanic *sunnōniz dagaz, a calque of Latin dies Solis. Compare Old Saxon sunnundag, German sunnuntag, Old Frisian sunnandei, Old English sunnandæg.

Noun

sunnudagr m

Sunday

Descendants

Icelandic: sunnudagur
Faroese: sunnudagur
Norwegian:
Bokmål: søndag

Nynorsk: sundag
Old Swedish: sunnodagher, synnodagher
- Swedish: söndag
Danish: søndag
Gutnish: sundag, sundagar, sunde, sund'

References

sunnudagr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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