Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/senap

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sināpi. Parallel borrowing with Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍀𐌹𐍃 (sinapis).

Noun

*senap m

mustard

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*senap
Genitive	*senapas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*senap	senapō, senapōs
Accusative	*senap	*senapā
Genitive	*senapas	*senapō
Dative	*senapē	*senapum
Instrumental	*senapu	*senapum

Descendants

Old English: senep, senap, senop
- Middle English: senep
Old Saxon: *senap
- Middle Low German: sennep, sennip, senp, semp, senep, sēnap, sēnep, sānip
  - German Low German: Semp
  - → Danish: sennep
  - → Estonian: sinep
  - → Norwegian: sennep
  - → Swedish: senap
    - → Finnish: sinappi
  - → Faroese: sinoppur, sinnopur
  - → Icelandic: sinnep
Old Dutch: *senap
- Middle Dutch: senep, sennep
  - Dutch: zennep (dialectal)
Old High German: senaf
- Middle High German: sënef, sënif, sënf
  - German: Senf
    - → Macedonian: сенф (senf)
    - → Serbo-Croatian: sȅnf
  - Yiddish: זענעפֿט‎ (zeneft)

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