Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sinu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sinwō.

Noun

*sinu f

sinew

Inflection

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

Derived terms

*hą̄hasinu

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: *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