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Where does “senawa” come from?

senawa (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic sinu, from Proto-Germanic senawō, from Proto-Indo-European snḗh₁wr̥, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin , to sew.

Ancestry of “senawa”, 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 , to sew

Words derived from “senawa”

  • sehnig
  • Sehne
  • sënewe
  • Seen
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