Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sinþaz

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *séntos, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). By synchronic analysis, a nominal formation from *sinnaną (“to feel, consider”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsin.θɑz/

Noun

*sinþaz m

1. journey, way, path
2. time (as in first time, many times), instance

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *sinþaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sinþaz	*sinþōz, *sinþōs
vocative	*sinþ	*sinþōz, *sinþōs
accusative	*sinþą	*sinþanz
genitive	*sinþas, *sinþis	*sinþǫ̂
dative	*sinþai	*sinþamaz
instrumental	*sinþō	*sinþamiz

Derived terms

• *gasinþô
• *sinþōną

Related terms

• *sandijaną
• *sinnaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sinþ, *sį̄þ (North Sea Germanic)
  • Old English: sīþ
    • Middle English: sith
      • English: sith
  • Old Frisian: sīth
  • Old Saxon: sīth
  • Old High German: sind, sint
• Old Norse: sinn n, sinni
  • Icelandic: sinn n, sinni
  • Faroese: sinn
  • Old Swedish: sin
    • Swedish: (någon-)sin, sinom
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs)
• Vandalic: *sinda- (in personal names)

Further reading

• senþ in: Wörterbuch der Indogermanischen Sprachen: Dritter Teil: Wortschatz der Germanischen Spracheinheit (Dictionary of the Indo-European Languages: Third Part: Vocabulary of the Germanic Language Unity) by August Fick with contributions by Hjalmar Falk, entirely revised by Alf Torp in 1909.