sonr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

sunr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”). Cognate with Old English sunu, Old Frisian sunu, Old Saxon sunu, Old High German sunu, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃 (sunus).

Noun

sonr m (genitive sonar, plural synir)

son

Declension

Declension of sonr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sonr	sonrinn	synir	synirnir
accusative	son	soninn	sonu, syni	sonuna
dative	syni	syninum	sonum	sonunum
genitive	sonar	sonarins	sona	sonanna

Descendants

Icelandic: sonur, -son
Faroese: sonur, -son
Norn: son
Norwegian: son (Nynorsk), sønn (Bokmål), -son
Old Swedish: sun, son
- Swedish: son, -son
Danish: søn, -sen
- Norwegian: sønn
- German: -sen
Elfdalian: sun
Westrobothnian: sahn, -sa, -s
Gutnish: sun
→ Middle English: *-son
- English: -son

References

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

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