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

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)