Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/senawō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *siniwō, *sinwō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to twist (threads), spin, weave”). Cognate with Latin nervus (“tendon, nerve”), Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “tendon, cord, nerve”), Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭 (snāuuar, “tendon, sinew”), Sanskrit स्नावन् (snā́van-, snāván-, “tendon, muscle, sinew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.nɑ.wɔː/

Noun

*senawō f

1. cord, tendon, sinew; nerve

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *senawō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*senawō	*senawôz
vocative	*senawō	*senawôz
accusative	*senawǭ	*senawōz
genitive	*senawōz	*senawǫ̂
dative	*senawōi	*senawōmaz
instrumental	*senawō	*senawōmiz

Descendants

• 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 (Early Middle English); cynew, cynwe, sinewe, sinnu, syneou, synneu, synnew, synnou, synnow, zenewe (Late Middle English); syn (from Old Norse sin)
      • English: sinew
      • Scots: sinnon, sinnen, sennin, shinnon
  • Old Frisian: sine, sini, sin
    • North Frisian: sine
    • Saterland Frisian: Siene
    • West Frisian: sine, senuw
  • 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
    • Middle Dutch: sēnewe, sēnuw, sēne
      • Dutch: zenuw, zeen
        • Afrikaans: senuwee
  • Old High German: senawa, sena
    • Middle High German: sënewe
      • German: Sehne
        • → Luxembourgish: Seen
• Old Norse: sin, sina
  • Icelandic: sin
  • Faroese: sin, sina
  • Norn: sin
  • Norwegian: sene
  • Old Swedish: sina
    • Swedish: sena
  • Danish: sene
  • ,
  • Gutnish: sine