Sun

Betekenis (English)

Name

1. The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☉.
2. The 91st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
3. An English tabloid newspaper.

Noun

Abbreviation of Sunday.

Concepten

Zon

zon

🌞

Sun

zo

Synonyms

sun

☀️

Lord’s Day

Sunday

Dominicus

day

Sun.

☀️

solar

Sol

heat of the sun

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/sʌn/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: sunne

Inherited from Oudengels: sunna, sunne

Cognate with Saterfries: Sunne

Cognate with Fries: sinne

Cognate with Nederlands: zon

Cognate with Old Dutch: sunna

Cognate with Old Saxon: sunna

Cognate with Duits: Sonne

Cognate with Oudhoogduits: sunna

Cognate with Faeröers: sunna

Cognate with IJslands: sunna

Cognate with Gothisch: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉

In summary

From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunna, sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wén-, oblique form of *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun; the Sun”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Old Dutch sunna, German Low German Sünn, Old Saxon sunna, German Sonne, Old High German sunna, Faroese sunna, Icelandic sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō). More at sun.