Where does “sin-” come from?

sin- (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic sin-, from Proto-Germanic sin-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

sin- (Old English): ever, everlasting, continual, perpetual; huge,...

Definitions

  1. ever, everlasting, continual, perpetual; huge,...

Ancestry of “sin-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsin-ever, eternal, perpetual
2Proto-Germanicsin-ever, eternal, perpetual
3Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “sin-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sin- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sin- →