Where does “sin” come from?

sin (Livonian) comes from Livonian sinā, from Proto-Finnic cinä, from Proto-Uralic tinä — you, thou.

sin (Livonian): genitive singular of sinā

Definitions

  1. genitive singular of sinā

Ancestry of “sin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livoniansināyou
2Proto-Finniccinäyou
3Proto-Uralictinäyou, thou
Every word from Proto-Uralic tinä →Every word from Proto-Finnic cinä →Every word from Livonian sinā →