Type Word & Element Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "sun" [1][2]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturessunne(Anglo-Saxon) sunna(Old High German) Sources & References Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 387. Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 463.