Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sundą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *swumdan (compare Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌿𐌼𐍃𐌻 (swumsl, “pool”)), from Proto-Indo-European *swm̥tóm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsun.dɑ̃/

Noun

*sundą n

swimming
sound, strait

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *sundą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sundą	*sundō
vocative	*sundą	*sundō
accusative	*sundą	*sundō
genitive	sundas, sundis	*sundǫ̂
dative	*sundai	*sundamaz
instrumental	*sundō	*sundamiz

Related terms

*swimmaną

Descendants

Old English: sund
- Middle English: sund, sound
  - Scots: sund, sound
  - English: sound
- → Middle French: sonder
  - French: sonder; sonde
    - → English: sound
Old Saxon: *sund
- Middle Low German: sunt
  - → Middle High German: sund
    - German: Sund
Old Dutch: *sund
- Middle Dutch: sund, sond
  - Dutch: zond (variants: sont, sond)
Old Norse: sund
- Icelandic: sund
- Faroese: sund
- Norwegian: sund
- Old Swedish: sund, sond
  - Swedish: sund
- Danish: sund

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