Where does “sinewe” come from?

sinewe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic sinu, from Proto-Germanic senawō, from Proto-Indo-European snḗh₁wr̥, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

Ancestry of “sinewe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsinusinew
2Proto-Germanicsenawōcord, tendon, sinew; nerve
3Proto-Indo-Europeansnḗh₁wr̥tendon, sinew; sinew, tendon
4Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

Words derived from “sinewe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snḗh₁wr̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic senawō →
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