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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *senh₁-weh₂-, a formation related to the more typical *snḗh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”) found in other Indo-European languages.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*senawō f[1]
- cord, tendon, sinew; nerve
Inflection
Declension 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
- Proto-West Germanic: *sinu
- Old English: sinu, seno, senu, seono, seonu, sionu, synu
- 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: *senewa
- Old High German: senawa, sena
- Old Norse: sin, sina
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*senuwō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 433