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Coined by John Koenig in 2012, whose project, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, aims to come up with new words for emotions that currently lack words.[1][2] Inspired by German sonder- (“special”) and French sonder (“to probe”).[3] sonder (uncountable) From Dutch zonder, from Middle Dutch sonder, from Old Dutch sunder, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz. sonder sonder c pl sonder or sondér From Middle French sonder, from Old French sonder (“to plumb”), from sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English sund- (“sounding”), as in sundġierd (“sounding-rod”), sundlīne (“sounding-line, lead”), sundrāp (“sounding-rope, lead”), from sund (“ocean, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“a swim, body of water, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to be unsteady, swim”). Cognate with Old Norse sund (“swimming; strait, sound”). More at sound. sonder (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). From Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“isolated, particular, alone”), from Proto-Ind

sonder - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Jump to content From Wiktionary, the free dictionary See also: sönder , sønder , and sonder- English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig in 2012, whose project, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows , aims to come up with new words for emotions that currently lack names. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Inspired by German sonder- ( “ special ” ) and French sonder ( “ to probe ” ) . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Pronunciation [ edit ] ( General American ) IPA ( key ) :  /ˈsɑndɚ/ ( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key )

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