Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sinn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sinnaz.

Noun

*sinn m

1. sense, perception
2. sense, meaning
3. reason, mental faculty
4. way, direction

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sinn
Genitive	*sinnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sinn	*sinnō, *sinnōs
Accusative	*sinn	*sinnā
Genitive	*sinnas	*sinnō
Dative	*sinnē	*sinnum
Instrumental	*sinnu	*sinnum

Related terms

• *sinnan

Descendants

• 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
• Old Dutch: sin
  • Middle Dutch: sin
    • Dutch: zin
      • Afrikaans: sin
      • Negerhollands: sin
    • Limburgish: zin
• Old High German: sin
  • Middle High German: sin
    • German: Sinn
    • Luxembourgish: Sënn
    • Yiddish: זין (zin)
• → Latin: *sennus, *sinnus (see there for further descendants)