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Where does “sin-” come from?

sin- (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic sin-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

sin- (Proto-West Germanic): ever, eternal, perpetual

Definitions

  1. ever, eternal, perpetual

Ancestry of “sin-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsin-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “sin-”

  • sengreen
  • Sintflut
  • sintflutartig
  • singrene
  • singrēne
  • sin-
  • sinceald
  • sinniht
  • sin-
  • sinfluot
  • sintfluot
  • sinvluot
  • sintvluot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →