Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *senew-, *snēw- <PIH *sH->

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: tendon

Hittite: ishunau n. 'Sehne? Oberarm?' (Tischler 392; that this is a "paarweise auftrender Körperteil" is actually no objection against 'sinew' or 'vein')

Old Indian: snā́van-, snāván- n. `tendon, muscle, sinew', a-snāvirá-, a-snāvaká- `without sinews', snu-tas `from the sinews or muscles'

Avestan: snāvar- 'Sehne', snāuya- `auf einer Tiersehne gefertigt'

Armenian: neard `Sehne, Faser, Fiber'

Old Greek: nêu̯ro-n n. `Sehne, Bogensehne, Schnur, Saite, Nerv, mämmliches Glied'; neu̯rǟ́ f. `Sehne, Bogensehne'

Germanic: *siniw-ō(n-), *sinw-ō(n-) f.

Latin: nervus, -ī m. `Sehne, Flechse; Muskel, Nerv; männl. Glied; Saite, Bogensehne etc.'

Albanian: nus `Bindfaden, Schnur'

Russ. meaning: жила

References: WP II 696

Comments: [Cf. *(s)nēy-]