southern
English
/ˈsʌðən/, /ˈsʌðɚn/, /ˈsaʊðɚn/
adj
Definitions
- Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south.
- Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States.
- Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English southerne derived from Old English sūþerne (southern, southerly, coming from the south, of southern make) derived from Proto-Germanic *sunþrōnijaz (southern) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂un-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sh₂un-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Surrey English
- nonsouthern English
- paleosouthern English
- southerner English
- southernisation English
- southernise English
- southernish English
- southernism English
- southernist English
- southernization English
- southernize English
- southernly English
- southernmost English
- southernness English
- southernwood English
- southernwort English
- wood English
- wort English
- *sh₂un- Proto-Indo-European
- *sunnǭ Proto-Germanic
- *sunþrōnijaz Proto-Germanic
- suþerne Old English
- sūþerne Old English
- south Middle English
- southerne Middle English
- suðrœnn Old Norse
- सरी Hindi