Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/senawō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

(anatomy) 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

Old English: seonu, seono, seno, senu, synu, sinu, sionu
- Middle English: sinewe, synow, sinue
  - English: sinew
  - Scots: senon, sinnon, sinnow
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
- Middle Dutch: senewe, senuw, sene
  - 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
- Westrobothnian: sen, sinu
- Gutnish: sine