Where does “sinnen” come from?

sinnen (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic sinnaną, from Proto-Germanic sennaną, from Proto-Indo-European sent-n-, from Proto-Indo-European sent-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

Ancestry of “sinnen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsinnanąto feel; to sense direction; to consider, think...
2Proto-Germanicsennaną—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansent-n-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansent-to head for, to go, to travel; to feel
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “sinnen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sent- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sent-n- →