sunder

sunder · adjective¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*snter-
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*sundraz“isolated, particular, alone”
3. Old English · derived fromsundor-“separate, different”
4. Middle English · inherited fromsunder
5. English todaysunder

From Middle English sunder, from Old English sundor- (“separate, different”), from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“isolated, particular, alone”), from Proto-Indo-European *snter-, *seni-, *senu-, *san- (“apart, without, for oneself”). Cognate with Old Saxon sundar (“particular, special”), Dutch zonder (“without”), German sonder- (“special”), German sondern (“to separate, set apart”), Old Norse sundr (“separate”), Danish sønder (“apart, asunder”), Latin sine (“without”).

sunder · verb, noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sen(e)-“separate, without”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sundrōną“to separate”
3. Old English · inherited fromsundrian“to separate, split, part, divide”
4. Middle English · inherited fromsundren“to separate, part, divide”
5. English todaysunder

From Middle English sundren (“to separate, part, divide”), from Old English sundrian (“to separate, split, part, divide”), from Proto-Germanic *sundrōną (“to separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sen(e)- (“separate, without”). Cognate with Scots sinder, sunder (“to separate, divide, split up”), Dutch zonderen (“to isolate”), German sondern (“to separate”), Swedish söndra (“to divide”). More at sundry.

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