Where does “sinu” come from?

sinu (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.

sinu (Old English): sinew, nerve, tendon

Definitions

  1. sinew, nerve, tendon

Ancestry of “sinu”, step by step

sinu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic sinu

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

via Proto-Germanic sinwō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsinwō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansnéh₁wr̥sinew, tendon
3Proto-Indo-European-wr̥Derives object nouns from verbal roots. e.g. per-...

Words derived from “sinu”

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