Where does “sind” come from?

sind (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic sinþ, from Proto-Germanic sinþaz, from Proto-Indo-European sent-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

sind (Old High German): way; travel

Definitions

  1. way; travel

Ancestry of “sind”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsinþjourney, way, path; time, occasion
2Proto-Germanicsinþazjourney, way, path
3Proto-Indo-Europeansent-to head for, to go, to travel; to feel
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “sind”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sent- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sinþaz →
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