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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsin.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sinnaną

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

Inflection

Conjugation of *sinnaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sinnō	*sinnaų	—	*sinnai	?
2nd singular	*sinnizi	*sinnaiz	*sinn	*sinnazai	*sinnaizau
3rd singular	*sinnidi	*sinnai	*sinnadau	*sinnadai	*sinnaidau
1st dual	*sinnōz	*sinnaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sinnadiz	*sinnaidiz	*sinnadiz	—	—
1st plural	*sinnamaz	*sinnaim	—	*sinnandai	*sinnaindau
2nd plural	*sinnid	*sinnaid	*sinnid	*sinnandai	*sinnaindau
3rd plural	*sinnandi	*sinnain	*sinnandau	*sinnandai	*sinnaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sann	*sunnį̄
2nd singular	*sannt	*sunnīz
3rd singular	*sann	*sunnī
1st dual	*sunnū	*sunnīw
2nd dual	*sunnudiz	*sunnīdiz
1st plural	*sunnum	*sunnīm
2nd plural	*sunnud	*sunnīd
3rd plural	*sunnun	*sunnīn
	present	past
participles	*sinnandz	*sunnanaz

Related terms

• *sandijaną
• *sinþaną

Descendants

• 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