Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Immediately, instantly. · Within a short time; quickly. · Early. · Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.
Short in length of time from the present. · Early. · Used as an alternative to express 'to be going to' in the form 'to be soon to'.
From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô (“immediately, soon, then”), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun). Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone (“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san (“immediately, at once”), dialectal Dutch zaan (“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sân (“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German sān, son (“soon, then”), Old High German sār (“immediately, soon”). Compare also Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns, “immediately, soon”), from Proto-Germanic *suniz (“soon”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionsoneenm
- Inherited-form mentionsōnaang · immediately, at once
- Inherited-form mention*sān(ō)gmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*sēnagem-pro
- Derivation mention*sóine-pro
- Cognate mentionsonesco
- Cognate mentionsanfrr · immediately, at once
- Cognate mentionzaannl
- Cognate mentionsângml · right afterwards, soon
- Cognate mentionsāngmh
- Cognate mentionsārgoh · immediately, soon
- Cognate mention𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃got · immediately, soon
- Inherited-form mention*sunizgem-pro · soon
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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