Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sinþaz

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *séntos, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (to head for, go). By synchronic analysis, a nominal formation from *sinnaną (to feel, consider).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*sinþaz m

  1. journey, way, path
  2. time (as in first time, many times), instance

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *sinþaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sinþaz *sinþōz, *sinþōs
vocative *sinþ *sinþōz, *sinþōs
accusative *sinþą *sinþanz
genitive *sinþas, *sinþis *sinþǫ̂
dative *sinþai *sinþamaz
instrumental *sinþō *sinþamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sinnan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 437:*sinþa-

Further reading

  • senþ in: Wörterbuch der Indogermanischen Sprachen: Dritter Teil: Wortschatz der Germanischen Spracheinheit (Dictionary of the Indo-European Languages: Third Part: Vocabulary of the Germanic Language Unity) by August Fick with contributions by Hjalmar Falk, entirely revised by Alf Torp in 1909.