sin
Afrikaans
/sən/
noun
Definitions
- meaning, sense
- sentence
- sense means of perceiving reality
- sense, comprehension
- desire
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish zin (sense, desire, meaning, sentence, willingness, appetite, intention, eagerness, clause, desires) inherited from Middle Dutch sin inherited from Old Dutch sin inherited from *sinn (mind, meaning, sense).
Origin
*sinn
Gloss
mind, meaning, sense
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *sennus Latin
- afzinnig Dutch, Flemish
- alleszins Dutch, Flemish
- anderszins Dutch, Flemish
- bijzin Dutch, Flemish
- burgerzin Dutch, Flemish
- dubbelzinnig Dutch, Flemish
- enigszins Dutch, Flemish
- geenszins Dutch, Flemish
- gemeenschapszin Dutch, Flemish
- hoofdzin Dutch, Flemish
- meerzinnig Dutch, Flemish
- omstandigheidszin Dutch, Flemish
- onzin Dutch, Flemish
- reukzin Dutch, Flemish
- smaakzin Dutch, Flemish
- tegenzin Dutch, Flemish
- volzin Dutch, Flemish
- voorbeeldzin Dutch, Flemish
- waanzin Dutch, Flemish
- weerzin Dutch, Flemish
- werkelijkheidszin Dutch, Flemish
- zin Dutch, Flemish
- zingeving Dutch, Flemish
- zinloos Dutch, Flemish
- zinnebeeld Dutch, Flemish
- zinnelijk Dutch, Flemish
- zinneloos Dutch, Flemish
- zinnenprikkelend Dutch, Flemish
- zinnespel Dutch, Flemish
- zinnig Dutch, Flemish
- zinsbegoocheling Dutch, Flemish
- zinsbouw Dutch, Flemish
- zinsdeel Dutch, Flemish
- zinsleer Dutch, Flemish
- zinspreuk Dutch, Flemish
- zinsverbijstering Dutch, Flemish
- zintuig Dutch, Flemish
- zinvol Dutch, Flemish
- *sent- Proto-Indo-European
- *sentnos Proto-Indo-European
- sin Middle Dutch
- sin Old High German
- -s- Afrikaans
- bou Afrikaans
- meer Afrikaans
- meersinnig Afrikaans
- sinsbou Afrikaans
- *sinn gmw-pro
- *sīn gmw-pro
- sin Old Dutch
- sin Middle Low German
- sinn Old Frisian