Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sinnaną

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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 earlier *sennaną, *senþnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sent-n-, from *sent- (to feel).

Pronunciation

Verb

*sinnaną[1]

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

Inflection

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