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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sinnaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sentnós, from *sent- (“to feel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsin.nɑz/
Noun
*sinnaz m
- sense, perception
- sense, meaning
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *sinnaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *sinnaz | *sinnōz, *sinnōs | |
vocative | *sinn | *sinnōz, *sinnōs | |
accusative | *sinną | *sinnanz | |
genitive | *sinnas, *sinnis | *sinnǫ̂ | |
dative | *sinnai | *sinnamaz | |
instrumental | *sinnō | *sinnamiz |
Related terms
- *sinnaną
- *sinþaną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *sinn
- Old Frisian: sinn, sin
- Saterland Frisian: Sin
- West Frisian: sin
- Old Saxon: *sinn
- Middle Low German: sin
- German Low German: Sinn
- → Danish: sind
- → Norwegian Bokmål: sinn
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: sinn
- → Old Swedish: sin
- Swedish: sinne
- Middle Low German: sin
- Old Dutch: sin
- Middle Dutch: sin
- Dutch: zin
- Limburgish: zin
- Middle Dutch: sin
- Old High German: sin
- Middle High German: sin
- German: Sinn
- Luxembourgish: Sënn
- Middle High German: sin
- → Latin: *sennus, *sinnus (see there for further descendants)
- Old Frisian: sinn, sin