Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sinu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *senawō.

Noun

*sinu f

1. sinew

Inflection

wō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sinu
Genitive	*sinwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sinu	*sinwō
Accusative	*sinwā	*sinwā
Genitive	*sinwā	*sinwō
Dative	*sinwē	*sinwōm, *sinum
Instrumental	*sinu	*sinwōm, *sinum

Derived terms

• *hą̄hasinu

Descendants

• 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