An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/senden

by Friedrich Kluge

senden, vb., ‘to send, dispatch,’ from the equiv. MidHG. sęnden, OHG. sęnten; a common Teut. vb.; comp. Goth. sandjan, AS. sęndan, E. to send, Du. zenden, OSax. sęndian, OIc. senda, ‘to send.’ Factitive of a lost OTeut. *sinþan, ‘to go, travel’; thus senden is lit. ‘to cause to go.’ Comp. Gesinde and sinnen.