English
sinewish
From sinew + -ish.
Formed from sinew + -ish
Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- ‘to twist threads, spin, weave’
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Proto-Germanic *sinwō ‘cord, tendon, sinew’
Proto-West Germanic *sinu
Old English sinu ‘tendon, sinew’
Middle English synwe ‘tendon’
English sinew
Today it means
adj sinewy
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sinewish”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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