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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

  1. (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
  • 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
  • Old High German: senawa, sena
    • Middle High German: sënewe
  • Old Norse: sin, sina
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