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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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sun OE.
sunne (fem.) = OS., OHG., ON. (poet.)
sunna (Du.
zon, G.
sonne), Goth.
sunnō, beside OE.
sunna (m.), OHG., OS.
sunno :- Gmc. *
sunnōn,
-an-; f. IE. *
su- with
n-formative, beside *
sāu- with
l-formative in Homeric Gr.
ēélios :-
sāwelijos (Attic
hḗlios), L.
sōl, ON.
sól, Goth.
sauil, W.
haul.
Hence vb. XVI;
sunny (
-Y1) XIII. Comps.
sunbeam OE.
sunn(e)bēam.
sunburn sb. XVII; f. the vb. (XVI), back-formation from
sunburning (XVI),
sunburnt (
sunne ybrent XIV).
sundew plant of the genus
Drosera. XVI. tr. Du.
son-,
sundauw = G
sonnentau, tr. L.
rōs sōlis.
sundial XVI.
sundown setting of the sun XVII. perh. shortening of †
sunne gate downe (XV), †
sun go downe (XVI).
sunflower †heliotrope; plant of the genus
Helianthus, with showy golden-rayed flowers. XVI. tr. modL
flōs sōlis XVI.
sunrise XV. perh. evolved, through syntactical ambiguity, from a clause such as
before the sun rise (pres. subjunctive of the vb.); cf. ME.
sonne rist (XIII).
sunset OE. (late Nhb.)
sunset; perh. partly from a clause like
ere the sun set.
sunshade parasol. XIX.
sunstroke XIX. For earlier
stroke of the sun, tr. F.
coup de soleil.
sun-up (U.S.) sunrise XIX. After
sun-down.
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