Etymograph

English

sunfall

From sun + fall.

A compound of sun + fall

Proto-West Germanic *sunnā

Old English sunna

Middle English soen

English sun

Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- ‘to collapse’

Proto-Germanic *fallaną ‘to fall’

Proto-West Germanic *fallan ‘to fall’

Old English feallan ‘to fall’

Middle English fallen ‘to fall’

English fall

Today it means

noun sunset

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sunfall”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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