Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sinþaz

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈsin.θɑz/

Noun

*sinþaz m

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

Inflection

Declension 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. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sinnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], 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.
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