Where does “sin” come from?

sin (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish sín, from Proto-Celtic sindos, from Proto-Indo-European sḗm, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

sin (Middle Irish): that

Definitions

  1. that

Ancestry of “sin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsínweather
2Proto-Celticsindosthis
3Proto-Indo-Europeansḗmone
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “sin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →