Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sinnan

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 *sinnaną.

Verb

*sinnan

1. to feel
2. to sense direction
3. to consider, think about; aim, plan, plot

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive	*sinnan
1st sg. past	*sann
3rd pl. past	*sunnun
Past ptcple	*sunnan
Infinitive	*sinnan
Genitive infin.	*sinnannjas
Dative infin.	*sinnannjē
Instrum. infin.	*sinnannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sinnu	*sann
2nd singular	*sinniʀi	*sunnī
3rd singular	*sinnidi	*sann
1st plural	*sinnum	*sunnum
2nd plural	*sinnid	*sunnud
3rd plural	*sinnand	*sunnun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*sinnē	*sunnī
2nd singular	*sinnēs	*sunnī
3rd singular	*sinnē	*sunnī
1st plural	*sinnēm	*sunnīm
2nd plural	*sinnēþ	*sunnīd
3rd plural	*sinnēn	*sunnīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sinn
Plural	*sinnid
	Present	Past
Participle	*sinnandī	*sunnan

Derived terms

• *bisinnan
• *frasinnan
• *gasinnan

Related terms

• *sandijan

Descendants

• Old English: sinnan (“to heed, meditate over”)
• Old Frisian: sinna (“to think”)
  • Saterland Frisian: sinne
  • West Frisian: sinne (“to ponder”)
• Old Saxon: *sinnan
  • Middle Low German: sinnen (“to strive, request, suppose”)
    • German Low German: sinnen (“to contemplate”)
    • → Old Norse: sinna
      • Icelandic: sinna (“to attend to”)
      • Faroese: sinna
      • Swedish: sinna
      • Old Danish: sinde
• Old Dutch: *sinnan
  • Middle Dutch: sinnen (“to request”) (strong verb), sinnen (“to think, contamplate”) (weak verb)
    • Dutch: zinnen (“to consider”) (strong verb)
• Old High German: sinnan (“to consider”)
  • Middle High German: sinnen
    • German: sinnen (“to contemplate”)
• →⇒ Old French: *sener (in asener, forsener)
  • Middle French: assener, forcener
    • (French: assener, forcener)
  • → Italian: senno, assennare