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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈse.nɑ.wɔː/

Noun

*senawō f

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