Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sinnaną

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.

From earlier *sennaną, *senþnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sent-n-, from *sent- (“to feel”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsin.nɑ.nɑ̃/

*sinnaną^[1]

1. to feel
2. to sense direction
3. to consider, think about; aim, plan, plot

• *sandijaną
• *sinþaną

• Proto-West Germanic: *sinnan
  • Old English: sinnan (“to heed, meditate over”)
  • Old Frisian: sinna (“to think”)
    • Saterland Frisian: sinne
    • West Frisian: sinne (“to ponder”)
  • Old Saxon: *sinnan
    • Middle Low German: sinnen (“to strive, request, suppose”)
      • German Low German: sinnen (“to contemplate”)
      • → Old Norse: sinna
        • Icelandic: sinna (“to attend to”)
        • Faroese: sinna
        • Swedish: sinna
        • Old Danish: sinde
  • Old Dutch: *sinnan
    • Middle Dutch: sinnen (“to request”) (strong verb), sinnen (“to think, contamplate”) (weak verb)
      • Dutch: zinnen (“to consider”) (strong verb)
  • Old High German: sinnan (“to consider”)
    • Middle High German: sinnen
      • German: sinnen (“to contemplate”)
  • →⇒ Old French: *sener (in asener, forsener)
    • Middle French: assener, forcener
      • (French: assener, forcener)
    • → Italian: senno, assennare