sin
Pronunciation: /siːn/
“sin” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:
pronoun
- his; her; its; their
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sīn (“his, her, its, their”, genitive reflexive). Cognate with Old Frisian sīn (“his, its”), Old Saxon sīn (“his”) (Middle Low German sin), Dutch zijn, Old High German sīn (“his”) (German sein), Old Norse sínn (“one's own”), Old English sē (“that, that one, he”). More at the.
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