*senawō

Runic: ᛊᛖᚾᚨᚹᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈse.nɑ.wɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

cord, tendon, sinew; nerve

From Proto-Indo-European *senh₁-weh₂-, a formation related to the more typical *snḗh₁wr̥ (‘sinew, tendon’) found in other Indo-European languages.

*sinu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *senewa (Old Dutch)
  - sēnewe, sēnuw, sēne (Middle Dutch)
    - zenuw, zeen (Dutch)
      - senuwee (Afrikaans)
*sinu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sinu, seno, senu, seono, seonu, sionu, synu (Old English)
  - synwe (Middle English)
    - sinew (English)
    - sinnon, sinnen, sennin, shinnon (Scots)
*sinu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sine, sini, sin (Old Frisian)
  - sine (North Frisian)
  - Siene (Saterland Frisian)
  - sine, senuw (West Frisian)
*sinu (Proto-West Germanic)
- senawa, sena (Old High German)
  - sënewe (Middle High German)
    - Sehne (German)
      - Seen (Luxembourgish)
*sinu (Proto-West Germanic)
- senewa, sinewa (Old Saxon)
  - senuwe, sēne, senne (Middle Low German)
    - Sän (Plautdietsch)
*sinu (Proto-West Germanic)
- senewa, sinewa (Old Saxon)
  - senuwe, sēne, senne (Middle Low German)
    - ? (Low German)
      - Sehne, Sehn (German Low German)
      - ? (Westphalian)
sin (Old Norse)
- sene (Danish)
- sin, sina (Faroese)
- sine (Gutnish)
- sin (Icelandic)
- sin (Norn)
- sene (Norwegian)
sin (Old Norse)
- sina (Old Swedish)
  - sena (Swedish)
sina (Old Norse)
- sene (Danish)
- sin, sina (Faroese)
- sine (Gutnish)
- sin (Icelandic)
- sin (Norn)
- sene (Norwegian)
sina (Old Norse)
- sina (Old Swedish)
  - sena (Swedish)