Sinew Definition

Origin of Sinew

• From Middle English sinewe, synow, sinue, from Old English sinu, synu, senu, seono, seonu (“sinew, nerve, tendon"), from Proto-Germanic *sinwō, *senawō (“sinew"), from Proto-Indo-European *senew-, *snÄ“w- (“tendon"), from Proto-Indo-European *sey- (“to bind, knit, tie together, tie to, connect"). Cognate with Scots senon, sinnon, sinnow (“sinew"), Saterland Frisian Siene (“sinew"), West Frisian senuw, sine (“nerve, sinew"), Dutch zenuw (“nerve, sinew"), German Sehne (“tendon, cord, sinew"), Swedish sena (“sinew"), Icelandic sin (“tendon"), Latin nervus (“sinew, nerve, tendon"), Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neÅ©ron, “tendon, cord, nerve"), Avestan [script?] (snāvar-, “tendon, sinew"), Sanskrit [script?] (snāvan-, snāván-, “tendon, muscle, sinew"), Tocharian B ṣñor.

  From Wiktionary

• Middle English sinewe from Old English sinewe oblique form of seonu, sinu

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition