Proto-Germanic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”).
Pronunciation[edit]
*senawō f
- cord, tendon, sinew; nerve
Inflection[edit]
ō-stemDeclension of *senawō (ō-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*senawō
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*senawôz
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vocative
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*senawō
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*senawôz
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accusative
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*senawǭ
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*senawōz
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genitive
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*senawōz
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*senawǫ̂
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dative
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*senawōi
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*senawōmaz
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instrumental
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*senawō
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*senawōmiz
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Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *sinu
- Old English: sinu, seno, senu, seono, seonu, sionu, synu
- Middle English: synwe, senow, senewe, senowe, senue, senwe, synewe, synoghe, synow, synue, synuwe, synueu; senuwe, seonuwe, seonuwwe; cynew, cynwe, sinewe, sinnu, syneou, synneu, synnew, synnou, synnow, zenewe; syn
- Old Frisian: sine, sini, sin
- Old Saxon: senewa, sinewa
- Middle Low German: senuwe, sēne, senne
- Low German:
- German Low German: Sehne, Sehn
- Westphalian:
- Münsterländer: Senne (Westmünsterländisch)
- East Westphalian: Siene (Ravensberger)
- Plautdietsch: Sän
- Old Dutch: *sena, *senewa
- Old High German: senawa, sena
- Old Norse: sin, sina