Where does “sind” come from?

sind (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic sindi, from Proto-Germanic wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

sind (Old English): all persons plural present indicative of wesan

Definitions

  1. all persons plural present indicative of wesan

Ancestry of “sind”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsindi—
2Proto-Germanicwesanąto be; to remain; to exist
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “sind”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Proto-Germanic wesaną →