Sühne
German (Berlin)
/ˈzyːnə/
noun
Definitions
- (literary) atonement
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German süene inherited from Old High German suona inherited from Proto-Germanic *swōnō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swōnō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sanus Latin
- chocoladezoen Dutch, Flemish
- nachtzoen Dutch, Flemish
- negerzoen Dutch, Flemish
- tongzoen Dutch, Flemish
- zoen Dutch, Flemish
- zoenen Dutch, Flemish
- zoenoffer Dutch, Flemish
- zoenverdrag Dutch, Flemish
- zuigzoen Dutch, Flemish
- *swā-n- Proto-Indo-European
- *swōnō Proto-Germanic
- sun Indonesian
- zoene Middle Dutch
- suona Old High German
- soen Afrikaans
- süene Middle High German