Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sent-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*sent-

2. to head for, to go, to travel

Derived terms

• *sent- (root present)
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: ընթանամ (əntʻanam)
• *sont-éye- (causative)
  • Proto-Germanic: *sandijaną (“to send”) (see there for further descendants)
• *sént-os
  • Proto-Germanic: *sinþaz (“journey, path”)
• *sn̥(t)-sko- (zero grade)
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: անց (ancʻ) (possibly)
• *sént-us
  • Proto-Celtic: *sentus (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Latvian: sūtīt
    • Lithuanian: sių̃sti
  • Indo-Iranian:
    • Iranian:
      • Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬥𐬙- (hant-, “to reach”)

Root

*sent-

2. to feel

Derived terms

• *sent-yé-ti ~ *sent-yó-nti or *sn̥t-yé-ti ~ *sn̥t-yó-nti (ye-present)
  • Proto-Italic: *sentjō
    • Latin: sentiō (“to feel, to perceive”)
• *sḗnt-st ~ *sént-sn̥t (sigmatic aorist)
  • Latin: sēnsī
• *sent-n- (n-suffix present)
  • Proto-Germanic: *sinnaną (“to consider, to contemplate”) (see there for further descendants)
• *sent-nos
  • Proto-Germanic: *sinnaz (“sense, meaning”) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: sintė́ti
    • Proto-Slavic: *sęťь (see there for further descendants)
  • (possibly) Sanskrit:
    • चिन्तयति (cintayati, “think, consider”)

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “sent-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 908