Etymology

sunless

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Today it means: Without the sun or sunshine; shaded; shadowed. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English sun
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥
  2. Proto-Germanic*sunnô
  3. Proto-Germanic*sunnǭ
  4. Proto-West Germanic*sunnā
  5. Old Englishsunne
  6. Middle Englishsonne
  7. Englishsun
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  10. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  11. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  12. English todaysunless

From sun + -less.

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