sin

sin · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-
2. Proto-Germanic*sunjō
3. Proto-West Germanic*sunnju
4. Old Englishsynn
5. Middle Englishsynne
6. English todaysin

From Middle English synne, sinne, from Old English synn (“sin”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, excuse”) and *sundī, *sundijō (“sin”), from , from *h₁sónts ("being, true", implying a verdict of "truly guilty" against an accusation or charge), from *h₁es- (“to be”); compare Old English sōþ ("true"; see sooth). Doublet of suttee. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sände, Säände (“sin”), West Frisian sûnde (“sin”), German Sünde (“sin”), Luxembourgish Sënd, Sënn (“sin”), Vilamovian zynd (“sin”) Yiddish זינד (zind, “sin”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish synd (“sin”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Latin sont-, sons (“sinful, guilty, criminal”).

sin · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-
2. Proto-Germanic*sunjō
3. Proto-West Germanic*sunnju
4. Old Englishsynn
5. Old Englishsynniġ
6. Old Englishsyngian
7. Middle Englishsyngen
8. Middle Englishsynnen
9. English todaysin

Inherited from Middle English synnen, modification of earlier syngen, from Old English syngian, from synniġ (“sinful”) + -ian.

sin · noun³

Modification of shin.

Sin · proper noun⁴

Transliteration of Akkadian 𒀭𒂗𒍪 (Sîn).

Sin · proper noun⁵

1. Cantonese · borrowed from單 /单
2. English todaySin

From Cantonese 單 /单 (sin6) or 冼 (sin2).

Sin · proper noun⁶

1. Hebrew · borrowed fromסִין
2. English todaySin

From Hebrew סִין.

Sin · proper noun⁷

1. Korean · borrowed from신
2. English todaySin

Borrowed from Korean 신 (sin), derived from 申, 辛, or 愼.

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